The Board has denied service connection for prostate gland injuries and traumatic brain injury, and remanded the issues of service connection for anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and depression, as well as evaluation greater than 10 percent for pityriasis versicolor. The Veteran is also required to provide new evidence to reopen his claim for service connection for depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no legal basis for the assignment of a schedular evaluation in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, and remanded the issues of service connection for anxiety disorder, panic disorder, depression, and pityriasis versicolor due to lack of evidence or further development.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate gland injuries, traumatic brain injury, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, panic disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19150474
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for panic disorder, OSA, and hypertension as secondary to a service-connected condition. The claim for diabetes mellitus was denied.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for traumatic brain injury has been withdrawn by the Veteran.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as depressive disorder, effective May 1, 2017.
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