The Veteran's claims are being remanded for additional development of his VA treatment records and any associated outpatient clinic records, as well as records from the NAMI-affiliated rehabilitation center. The case will be readjudicated after all new evidence is considered.
The deciding factor: The Board cannot proceed with the appeal without obtaining updated VA treatment records and any relevant outpatient clinic records, as these may contain pertinent information to support or refute the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic headaches due to head trauma, mild high frequency sensorineural hearing loss of the left ear, trauma/stressor-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2016
- Citation
- 1602600
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, trauma/stressor-related disorder, and/or PTSD, finding that there was no credible evidence linking his current diagnoses to service.
- Granted
The Veteran's depression and trauma/stressor-related disorder are related to his in-service stressors. The Veteran does not meet all criteria for a PTSD diagnosis, but service connection is granted for these conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and a TDIU were denied. The left ear hearing loss was rated as noncompensable, posttraumatic headaches with TBI were rated at 10 percent prior to May 31, 2019 and 30 percent thereafter, and the trauma/stressor-related disorder was rated at 70 percent but no higher prior to May 31, 2019. The appeals are denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder, is remanded due to a lack of a VA examination and insufficient evidence to decide the claim.
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