The Board has remanded the case for further examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's psychiatric disability other than PTSD, including whether any acquired psychiatric disorder was aggravated by service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The examiner failed to provide an opinion as to whether any acquired psychiatric disorder was chronically worsened by the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability other than posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1009139
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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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