The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including verifying in-service stressors and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination. The Veteran's claim will be reconsidered based on all evidence.
The deciding factor: The decision is pending further development to verify in-service stressors and obtain medical opinions regarding service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1735107
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder, is being remanded due to the need for additional examination and development of records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is being remanded due to the need for additional development of his medical records and verification of a specific in-service stressor.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder, is being remanded due to the inadequacy of a previous VA examination. The case will be reviewed and readjudicated after obtaining a new VA examination.
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