The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding treatment records for the Veteran's psychiatric condition. The Veteran is asked to provide authorization for VA to obtain his private medical records from various providers.
The deciding factor: Remand was needed due to outstanding treatment records not being obtained.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19165582
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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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