The Board has remanded the case for further development due to unsuccessful attempts to verify a reported sexual assault stressor and to obtain evidence of an arrest for DWI. The Veteran is also asked to provide information about his anxiety disorder.
The deciding factor: Further verification of the claimed stressor and additional medical opinions are needed to determine if service connection can be granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability, to include post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Anxiety reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0946770
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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
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