The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for anxiety and remanded his claims for Parkinson's disease and acquired psychiatric disorder due to exposure in Korea. The Veteran is also requested to provide more specific information regarding incidents that occurred during service, including proximity to enemy fire and escorting dead bodies.
The deciding factor: The Board found new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the claim of service connection for anxiety but did not find it sufficient to establish service connection on the merits. The Veteran's claims for Parkinson's disease and acquired psychiatric disorder are remanded due to lack of a medical opinion linking these conditions to his service, particularly incidents in Korea.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Parkinson's Disease, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19168017
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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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