The Board has remanded the cases for further development and evaluation, including a psychiatric examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's anxiety disorder with PTSD.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional evidence regarding the impact of the Veteran’s psychiatric disability on his employability.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder with PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19120249
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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.
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