The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and related issues due to outstanding VA treatment records, and to clarify whether any current psychiatric symptoms are related to active service or Vietnam-era stressors. The stroke claim is inextricably intertwined with the PTSD issue.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because there were outstanding VA treatment records that needed to be obtained and evaluated, as well as clarification on the nature of the Veteran's current psychiatric symptoms and their relation to his service or Vietnam-era stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease, right shoulder, residuals of a stroke, acquired psychiatric disorder (including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD))
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18140169
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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 a left hip disability and residuals of a stroke, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine and right hip disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's residuals of a stroke as secondary to his heart condition, finding that there was no established service connection for the heart condition and noting insufficient evidence to link the stroke directly to military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted secondary service connection for the Veteran's residuals of a stroke, finding that it is related to his service-connected hypertension.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their appeal regarding the issue of service connection for residuals of a stroke as secondary to hypertension.
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