The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection due to procedural issues and a need for additional development. The claims will be considered on their merits after further development.
The deciding factor: Procedural errors in VCAA notification have been identified, necessitating new notifications before proceeding with the adjudication of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder, nervous disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0612310
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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