The Board has ordered additional development to verify the Veteran's claimed stressors and obtain his service personnel records. The case will be returned for further action.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed stressors and incomplete service personnel records, which may affect the determination of whether he served aboard the USS Worden during relevant time periods.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2016
- Citation
- 1622531
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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
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