The Board has remanded the case due to pending disagreements with service connection for groin injury and prostatitis, and a need for additional examination regarding acquired psychiatric disorders.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's disagreement with service connection for groin injury and prostatitis necessitates issuance of a statement of the case. Additionally, an opinion is required regarding whether any current diagnoses of acquired psychiatric disorders are related to service or have gone into remission.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorders, groin injury, prostate disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2016
- Citation
- 1623730
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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.
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