The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to missing VA and private treatment records, need for new VA examinations, and a VA aid and attendance examination. The Veteran's service-connected conditions include adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), and posttraumatic headaches.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional development is necessary due to missing medical records and the need for new evaluations to determine current severity levels of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), posttraumatic headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19144324
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 a rating higher than 50 percent for posttraumatic headaches and a rating higher than 70 percent for PTSD with TBI.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for service-connected posttraumatic headaches, as the criteria for a higher rating were not met.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, but denied an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis. The claim for service connection for a liver condition was remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise the March 2011 rating decision that granted service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, on the grounds of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
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