The Veteran's claim for service connection for a brain injury and PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and verifying stressor events.
The deciding factor: There are insufficient medical records to determine if the Veteran has current disabilities related to his in-service experiences.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a brain injury with severe headaches (brain injury), psychiatric disability, to include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0935719
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded for a new VA examination to verify the reported stressor and obtain additional medical records.
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