The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and a right-hand condition due to procedural deficiencies in the May 2013 VA examination.
The deciding factor: The May 2013 VA examiner did not provide sufficient findings regarding whether the Veteran’s current conditions are related to his military service or if they were aggravated by such service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (to include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), Right-hand Condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19132797
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The evidence did not show current disabilities for VA purposes in either case.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that her in-service stressor events were not valid for VA purposes and thus could not be etiologically related to those events. The Veteran was diagnosed with persistent depressive disorder, with anxious distress, during the appeal period.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his bilateral hearing loss and remanded the service connection claims. The case is now pending again with additional development required.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and therefore, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD is denied.
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