The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development due to the need to verify his claimed inservice stressor and consider all relevant actions taken on the claims.
The deciding factor: The Board found that verification of the veteran's claimed inservice stressor was necessary, as well as considering all relevant actions since the last Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC).
- Claimed conditions
- chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic alcoholism, chronic pancreatic disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0842685
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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 service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, which was chronic alcoholism.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for updated VA treatment records and further development regarding his claimed conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that further evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's death was caused by his service-connected conditions or if he had an acquired psychiatric disability, such as PTSD, which may have contributed to his alcoholism and cardiovascular disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death should be remanded to obtain an opinion regarding whether his acquired psychiatric disorder (likely PTSD) was related to service, if it caused or aggravated his heart condition and alcohol abuse, and if it is related to service.
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