The Board has determined that a remand is necessary for further examination and analysis regarding the Veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychological disorder, including PTSD and major depressive disorder, and for hypertensive vascular disease. The Veteran was provided with a private psychologist opinion in October 2017 which concluded he meets criteria for PTSD due to his time served in Southwest Asia where he was exposed to actual or threatened death or injury.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary because the October 2017 private psychologist's opinion, while concluding that the Veteran meets criteria for PTSD, does not clearly explain how the Veteran meets the DSM-5 criteria and does not reconcile with prior VA examinations which concluded there was no diagnosis of PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD and depression, Hypertensive vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19106884
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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