The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) and a skin disorder are remanded.,The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his bilateral knee disabilities and right ankle disability are remanded.,The Veteran's claim for TDIU is intertwined with the remanded claims for increased ratings, so it is also remanded.,reasoning
The deciding factor:
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD), Skin disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19103030
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the reopening of claims for service connection for a heart disorder, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and gout. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a readjudication of the service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, denied service connection for a skin disorder and a rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss, and remanded claims for service connection for TBI.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a low back disability, cervical spine disability, shoulder and knee disabilities, ankle and elbow disabilities, wrist disabilities, and a skin disorder, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for various conditions to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the December 2022 decision on appeal.
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