The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to potential missing VA treatment records. The AOJ must obtain all relevant medical records and readjudicate the cases.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to review and potentially obtain additional VA treatment records that may be pertinent to the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gunshot wound to the abdomen, acquired psychiatric disorder (including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18101103
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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 has granted service connection for the Veteran's residuals of a gunshot wound to the abdomen, finding that it was incurred in the line of duty and is not due to willful misconduct. The claim was reopened based on new evidence provided by the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea, as secondary to a service-connected disability due to new and material evidence submitted by the Veteran. Additional medical comment is needed concerning whether some medications prescribed for his service-connected disabilities aggravate his sleep apnea.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a gunshot wound to the abdomen and an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD and depression) due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded both the DIC benefits pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151 and service connection for the cause of death claims due to insufficient medical opinions addressing the appellant's contentions regarding timely diagnosis and treatment of the Veteran’s UTI, sepsis, and other conditions.
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