The Board has remanded the case due to issues related to substitution of the appellant for the Veteran and accrued benefits for PTSD. The cause of death claim will be reconsidered based on all available evidence.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded because there are unresolved matters regarding substitution and accrued benefits, which are inextricably intertwined with the service connection issue.
- Claimed conditions
- psychoneurosis anxiety state
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2016
- Citation
- 1644571
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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 found that the Veteran's service-connected psychoneurosis anxiety state did not contribute substantially or materially to his cause of death, myocardial infarction due to coronary artery disease. The Board concluded that there was no causal connection between the Veteran's service-connected condition and his death.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected psychoneurosis anxiety state contributed to his hypertension, which in turn contributed to his death. Therefore, the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is granted.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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