The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient information and need for additional development of her personnel records, including verification of ACDUTRA/INACDUTRA periods and all relevant military records. The claims will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.
The deciding factor: The decision is remanded as there are inconsistencies in the Veteran's reports regarding her service experiences and a need to verify her active duty for training (ACDUTRA) and inactive duty training (INACDUTRA) periods, which may affect her claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (including posttraumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorder, and anxiety), Left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19106370
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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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder, finding it was related to fear for his life while flying combat missions during Operation Desert Shield/Storm.
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