The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient development of evidence and requests for additional information from VA and private sources. The claims will be reviewed again with updated records.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further development of the Veteran's medical history and service records, as well as obtaining authorization for treatment records from a private doctor.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a laceration of the scalp, acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19176696
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.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for PTSD was granted. Other claims, including obstructive sleep apnea and TBI residuals, were remanded for further review.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for a lumbar spine disability, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, and service connection for erectile dysfunction disability. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is service-connected and grants this claim.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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