The Board has ordered another VA examination and opinion to clarify the Veteran's diagnoses and determine if his current acquired psychiatric disabilities are related to service, specifically an in-service military sexual trauma (MST).
The deciding factor: A new VA medical opinion is needed as the previous one was based on a factual error regarding the Veteran's statements about an in-service MST.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Adjustment Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2017
- Citation
- 1755544
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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
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