The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for arthritis, stroke, aphasia, colitis, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression) due to a lack of VA examinations addressing these conditions. The Veteran is also seeking secondary service connection for depression.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there are insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of the claimed disabilities and thus remanded the case for further examination and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis, stroke, aphasia, colitis, an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19163860
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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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