The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining evidence to corroborate the veteran's claimed stressors in service and scheduling a comprehensive psychiatric examination. The claim for PTSD will be reconsidered based on the additional evidence obtained, and the issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the depression claim will also be addressed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy, thus his stressors must be independently corroborated. The RO should make another attempt to obtain evidence from the JSRRC (now JSRRC) to corroborate the veteran's alleged stressors in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0608335
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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