The Veteran's service-connected unspecified trauma and stress related disorder is being remanded for further evaluation, including a VA examination to assess the current severity of his disability. The TDIU claim is also being remanded due to its inextricably intertwined nature with the rating issues.
The deciding factor: The decision involves multiple rating issues and an associated TDIU claim that are interrelated and require further development, including a VA examination for the psychiatric condition.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified trauma and stress related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19160032
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19160032.
What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, diagnosed as unspecified trauma and stress related disorder.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, specifically unspecified trauma and stress related disorder, due to the Veteran's in-service experiences. The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran has this condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to provide a VA examination and because there was an error in not considering all available evidence, including the Veteran's statements about military sexual trauma during basic training.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, low back disability, left leg radiculopathy, and unspecified trauma and stress related disorder due to outstanding VA and non-VA treatment records being needed.
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