The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for PFB and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, insomnia, and sleep disturbances. The Veteran will be scheduled for VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The decision is remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Pseudofolliculitis Barbae (PFB), Acquired Psychiatric Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19126234
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, and remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a right shoulder disability, a right knee disability, and headaches due to insufficient evidence.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, right knee strain, left knee strain, pseudofolliculitis barbae, somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain and generalized anxiety disorder, and throbbing head pain on a direct basis.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and denied increased ratings for various disabilities including back, lower extremity radiculopathy, knee, facial scar, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and erectile dysfunction.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 15, 2020, for the grant of service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was remanded.
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