The Board has decided that the Veteran's service connection claim for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, needs further examination and review. The claims file does not contain sufficient information about his other diagnosed conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an adequate opinion regarding the cause of the Veteran’s current psychiatric disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenic disorder, depressive disorder not otherwise specified
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18104940
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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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- Dismissed
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