The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and SSA records. The Veteran is also to be scheduled for a VA psychiatric examination to determine if he currently has any psychiatric disorders (including PTSD) that are related to service or his gunshot wound to the abdomen.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was remanded due to new evidence being associated with the claims file, requiring reconsideration without requiring submission of new and material evidence. The case is now pending for further development as ordered by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of gunshot wound to the abdomen, an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1035292
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's residuals of a gunshot wound to the abdomen and related surgeries, finding that his current hiatal hernia is at least as likely as not related to his active duty service.
- Dismissed
The appeal of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is dismissed.,New and material evidence having been submitted, the claim of entitlement to service connection for right hip disability is reopened, and to this extent only the appeal is granted.,New and material evidence having been submitted, the claim of entitlement to service connection for left hip disability is reopened, and to this extent only the appeal is granted.,New and material evidence having been submitted, the claim of entitlement to service connection for low back disability is reopened, and to this extent only the appeal is granted.,New and material evidence having been submitted, the claim of entitlement to service connection for right hand disability is reopened, and to this extent only the appeal is granted.,The claims of entitlement to service connection for left shoulder disability and right shoulder disability (fracture fragment of the right acromioclavicular joint) are remanded.,The claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is remanded.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability and denied both his claim for service connection for the cause of his death and his claim for non-service connected death pension benefits.
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