The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development and examination, as well as to address issues related to her service-connected disabilities and any newly diagnosed psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The appeal is being returned due to incomplete or insufficient evidence and need for further evaluation of the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine with scoliosis, Right foot osteoarthritis, status post metatarsal resection, Left foot osteoarthritis, status post metatarsal resection, Acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19179142
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bone disorder, back disability, right shoulder radiculopathy, right and left foot osteoarthritis, neck disability, and dry eye syndrome due to the lack of evidence showing current diagnoses or symptoms during service that are related to these conditions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus have been dismissed as the issues are moot due to the grant of service connection in a September 2019 rating decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD) and residuals of a traumatic brain injury, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims based on the lack of in-service stressors or injuries.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD and bilateral hearing loss, finding that there was no current diagnosis of a mental disability or evidence linking it to service. The Board also found no evidence of noise exposure during service causing his current hearing loss.
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