The Board has remanded the case for a VA psychiatric examination to determine whether the veteran meets the diagnostic criteria for PTSD based on verified stressor. The claim will be re-adjudicated after considering any newly obtained evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a VA examination is necessary to determine if the veteran's claimed in-service stressor (enemy rocket and mortar attacks) was sufficient to produce PTSD, as it may be the only verified event for this purpose.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0627281
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no credible supporting evidence to verify the claimed in-service stressors.
- Dismissed
The appeal for PTSD was dismissed. Service connection for dry eye syndrome, secondary to service-connected bilateral pinguecula, is granted. The claims of entitlement to a compensable disability rating for residuals of cholecystectomy, service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and headaches are remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered additional VA treatment records from the Central Arkansas Health Care System to be obtained, and the claims will be readjudicated after this development.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran did not have post-traumatic stress disorder and denied his claim for service connection.
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