The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a new opinion from the VA examiner regarding whether knowledge of the stressor incident is sufficient to produce PTSD and if there is a link between the Veteran's current symptomatology and the stressor incident. The claim will be readjudicated based on this additional evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that further development, including obtaining an opinion from the VA examiner regarding the sufficiency of knowledge of the stressor incident to produce PTSD and the link between the Veteran's current symptomatology and the stressor incident, is necessary before deciding the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2015
- Citation
- 1533128
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that the Veteran did not have a current disability and failed to establish a link between his in-service stressor and any diagnosed condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to a need for additional evidence.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to military sexual trauma (MST) based on the evidence of record.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable rating for chronic sinusitis and service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI), but granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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