The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection due to a need for further development, including obtaining information about an alleged sexual assault and verifying the presence of individuals involved in the incident at Portsmouth Naval Prison.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as there are questions regarding the credibility of the veteran's stressor claim and the relationship between his nonservice-connected conditions and service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic_stress_disorder, coronary_artery_disease, atherosclerotic_peripheral_vascular_disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0611943
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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