The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling a new VA psychiatric examination.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to the need for updated VA treatment records and a new VA psychiatric examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's posttraumatic stress disorder with depressive disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder with depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2017
- Citation
- 1744258
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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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