The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling an addendum opinion from a VA examiner to determine if the Veteran's HIV-related illness is related to his service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Board found the November 2012 VA examination inadequate and ordered another one with an addendum opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- HIV-related illness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1424927
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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: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder due to military sexual trauma (MST) and remanded the claims for HIV-related illness, hypertension, left knee replacement, and sleep apnea.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and service connection, with some issues being remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied a rating higher than 70 percent for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and a rating higher than 30 percent for HIV-related illness based on the evidence of record.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of sleep apnea as secondary to HIV-related illness due to inadequate medical opinions. The Veteran will receive a new examination.
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