The Board has decided to remand the case due to missing treatment records and lack of corroborating evidence for the Veteran's father's burn injury. The Veteran will need a VA psychiatric examination to determine if his acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is related to service.
The deciding factor: The decision was made based on incomplete medical records and lack of supporting evidence for the Veteran's claimed stressor.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19101771
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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus have been dismissed as the issues are moot due to the grant of service connection in a September 2019 rating decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD) and residuals of a traumatic brain injury, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims based on the lack of in-service stressors or injuries.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development and examination, as well as to address issues related to her service-connected disabilities and any newly diagnosed psychiatric disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD and bilateral hearing loss, finding that there was no current diagnosis of a mental disability or evidence linking it to service. The Board also found no evidence of noise exposure during service causing his current hearing loss.
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