The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any diagnosed psychiatric disability. The Veteran's claim for service connection for alcohol abuse will also be remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disabilities, as well as whether he currently has an alcohol abuse disability that may be related to his service-connected psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Obsessive compulsive disorder, Anxiety and agoraphobia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2016
- Citation
- 1642387
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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: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia, alcohol use disorder, and adjustment disorder was dismissed by the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, for a VA examination and stressor verification.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as an examination and medical opinion are necessary.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's PTSD symptoms did not meet the criteria for a disability rating greater than 70 percent, as they did not cause total occupational and social impairment.
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