The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder, requires further development due to conflicting diagnoses and unverified stressors.
The deciding factor: The claims file contains multiple diagnoses of various mental health conditions but no clear in-service stressor verified by corroborative evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Depressive disorder, Anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1009178
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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: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for PTSD and dismissed his appeals regarding increased ratings for tinnitus and a right hand disability due to lack of timely filing of Notice of Disagreement.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's PTSD is rated at a 70 percent level, reflecting significant occupational and social impairment.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has identified a contradiction in the AOJ's determinations regarding the Veteran's need for aid and assistance, which requires clarification. The remanded issues are entitlement to SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another and on the basis of statutory housebound status.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran is found not competent to handle the disbursement of VA funds, and his appeal is denied.
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