The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, and a respiratory disorder are remanded due to inadequate medical evidence. The Veteran must provide additional information about his in-service stressor events and undergo further examinations to determine the nature and etiology of any diagnosed conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence is insufficient to establish service connection for the claimed conditions based on the current diagnoses and lack of supporting documentation.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD), Respiratory disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183462
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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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