The Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, has been reopened. His chronic low back pain with DDD and radiculopathy have also been remanded for further review.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last final rating decision relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating that claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD), Chronic low back pain with degenerative disc disease, Radiculopathy, right lower extremity, Radiculopathy, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19103832
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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