The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and tinnitus due to in-service abuse. The initial compensable rating claim for her scar above her right eye is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support an increased rating for the scar or establish that any currently diagnosed psychiatric disability is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Scar above right eye"}, {"condition_name":"Psychiatric Disorder (including PTSD)"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19161263
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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.
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