The veteran is seeking service connection for PTSD, which he claims is due to personal assault during his military service. The VA has not provided proper VCAA notice regarding the type of evidence needed to establish a disability rating and effective date.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim requires additional VCAA notification as it pertains to both service connection and potential disability ratings and effective dates.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0627816
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to readjudicate the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, which was previously denied. The Veteran's VA provider provided additional stressor information in June 2022, leading to a remand for further verification of these stressors.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder is granted. However, the claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus is denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no credible supporting evidence that either claimed in-service stressor actually occurred.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD and finds no evidence linking any current acquired psychiatric disorder to service. Therefore, service connection is denied.
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