The veteran's appeal is being remanded for a Travel Board hearing.
The deciding factor: The veteran requested a Travel Board hearing, and the case must be handled expeditiously as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0610762
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of September 24, 2003, for the award of a 70 percent rating for the service-connected post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD).
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development, including verification of in-service stressors and a VA psychiatric examination.
- Denied
The veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for his service-connected PTSD was denied as the evidence did not show that his symptoms were productive of deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.
- Partly granted
The veteran's tinnitus is service-connected, but he does not have a disability manifested by PTSD due to his active service.
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