The Board has reopened the previously denied claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to new and material evidence. The case is remanded for further development, including obtaining missing service personnel records, VA treatment records, and private treatment records; notifying the Veteran of the types of evidence that may corroborate his reported in-service stressor of being raped; scheduling a VA medical examination; and readjudicating the claim.
The deciding factor: The new evidence submitted by the Veteran raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection due to the presence of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety. The case is remanded as there are missing records that need to be obtained and a VA medical examination needs to be scheduled.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety state, PTSD (now claimed as an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety), depression
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19165381
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for depression, PTSD, and an anxiety disorder due to the lack of a current diagnosis.
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