The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and schizophrenia. The case is remanded to obtain additional information regarding potential combat stressors and to schedule a VA examination.
The deciding factor: New evidence supports reopening of the claim for service connection due to conflicting diagnoses and possible association with Vietnam service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (including PTSD and Schizophrenia), Right Knee Disorders
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2007
- Citation
- 0709595
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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 remanded the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his service-connected right and left knee disorders due to a lack of updated VA examinations. The claims are currently pending.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, right and left knee disorders, lumbar spine disorder, asthma, and fibromyalgia, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. His TDIU claim is granted.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for right and left shoulder disorders and right and left knee disorders, finding that there was not an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence to support these claims.
- Denied
The Board denied entitlement to an extraschedular rating based on the combined impact of the Veteran's service connected right knee disorders, finding that his disabilities did not warrant such a rating due to their severity and the presence of other significant non-service-connected conditions.
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