The Veteran's PTSD with depressive disorder is rated at 50 percent, and the Board has remanded for a new examination to determine if his disability warrants a higher rating. Additionally, the issue of TDIU is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The current evidence does not adequately reflect the severity of the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with depressive disorder, necessitating a new VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19148677
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 the veteran's claims for increased ratings and a TDIU, finding that his psychiatric disorder did not meet the criteria for higher evaluations or a total disability rating.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD with depressive disorder, finding that the current 70 percent disability rating adequately compensates the Veteran for his psychiatric symptomatology.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, from February 2, 2018, but denied an increased rating for PTSD with depressive disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the 100 percent evaluation for PTSD with depressive disorder, finding that there was no entitlement to an increased rating prior to October 6, 2020.
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