The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is not enough evidence to determine the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions, necessitating a VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Thoracolumbar spine disability (low back disability)","in_service_events":["Handling loading cables that weighed an excess of 200 pounds, injuring his back","Knocked off a horse"]}, {"condition_name":"Left ankle disability","in_service_event":"Rolled his ankle walking over a sidewalk while serving as a road guard at Fort Gordon"}, {"condition_name":"Psychiatric disability, to include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), unspecified depressive disorder, anxiety disorder","in_service_events":["Daughter being born premature while he was in-service","Arrival of his wife and child in Korea due to military service","Incident involving the shooting down of a helicopter near the North Korean border","Reported incident of being thrown from a horse during service"]}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19150074
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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