The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the current severity of her PTSD, gastroenteritis, and TDIU claims. The case will be adjudicated again after these developments.
The deciding factor: The Board lacks the medical expertise to distinguish between symptoms attributable to bipolar disorder and PTSD, and more contemporaneous medical findings are needed to evaluate the Veteran's gastroenteritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Depression and Anxiety, Gastroenteritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2014
- Citation
- 1423259
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension and remanded claims for service connection for bilateral feet onychomycosis, bilateral knee iliotibial band syndrome, and sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for insomnia, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and gastroenteritis due to a lack of evidence supporting current diagnoses or in-service incurrence.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for gastroenteritis, left ankle disorder, and left knee disorder due to a need for additional medical evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for allergies, bronchitis, costochondritis, and a skin condition, but granted an initial rating of 50 percent for migraines. Several claims were remanded.
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