The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the claimed stressors. The VA will seek verification of the alleged military sexual trauma from relevant personnel records.
The deciding factor: The claim is based on new evidence provided by the Veteran and his buddy statement, which requires further investigation into the veracity of the reported events.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (to include posttraumatic stress disorder)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166667
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Decisions by this judge: 1,987 · Granted: 15% (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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