The veteran claims his recurrent nightmares are due to service in Vietnam. The VA has ordered an examination to determine the nature and etiology of his symptoms, including PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to conduct a medical examination to assess whether the veteran's current psychiatric disorder is related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent nightmares
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0820333
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 100 percent rating prior to November 9, 2018. Basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits was also established.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection for insomnia, claimed as PTSD and recurring nightmares, is restored. The Veteran also receives a 60 percent rating for coronary artery disease from September 1, 2017 to December 15, 2017.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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