The Board is remanding the case for additional development, including obtaining verification of enemy hostilities encountered by the veteran's units in Vietnam and seeking treatment records from VA facilities. The veteran will also be scheduled for a psychiatric examination to determine if he has PTSD stemming from an in-service stressor or any other chronic psychiatric disorder related to his period of military service. Additionally, the RO/AMC should obtain all records of the veteran's treatment for chronic prostatitis from the Palo Alto VA medical center and arrange for him to be examined by a VA examiner to determine the severity of his chronic prostatitis.
The deciding factor: The case is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining verification of enemy hostilities encountered by the veteran's units in Vietnam and seeking treatment records from VA facilities. The veteran will also be scheduled for a psychiatric examination to determine if he has PTSD stemming from an in-service stressor or any other chronic psychiatric disorder related to his period of military service.
- Claimed conditions
- post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0629910
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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.
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