The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the severity of his PTSD and whether he is entitled to TDIU on an extraschedular basis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim requires further evaluation due to inconsistencies in symptomatology reported over time and the need to consider all service-connected disabilities when assessing employment potential.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with dysthymic disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1815621
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's PTSD with dysthymic disorder was not found to cause total social impairment at any time during the appeal period.,For the period of the claim prior to January 15, 2020, the thoracolumbar spine disability did not meet the criteria for a higher than 10 percent rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected PTSD with dysthymic disorder and whether he is unemployable due to this disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD with dysthymic disorder is rated at 70 percent since January 23, 2010. The Board has granted a 100 percent disability evaluation effective January 23, 2010.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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