The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and sexual dysfunction due to unclear diagnoses and lack of medical opinions regarding their etiology.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions are needed to clarify the nature of the Veteran's current mental health conditions and determine if they are related to his military service, including any potential links to military sexual trauma or a left hand injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Sexual dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19135598
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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.
What you can do next
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