The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is granted as service connected. The neck, right hand and back disabilities are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence in equipoise regarding the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder but noted additional development was needed for his neck, right hand and back disabilities due to lack of contemporaneous service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19161760
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Decisions by this judge: 2,077 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
What you can do next
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