The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, but remanded to obtain additional medical records and provide an examination. The Veteran is presumed to have PTSD related to his Vietnam service.
The deciding factor: New evidence supports reopening of the claim based on a diagnosis of other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder (subthreshold PTSD).
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety disorder, Other Specified Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorder (subthreshold PTSD), Unspecified Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19194860
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including GAD, MDD, unspecified depressive disorder, and panic disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, unspecified depressive disorder, and unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder based on new evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, recurrent depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, dysthymia, and unspecified depressive disorder, as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of PTSD or a link between any claimed in-service stressors and the Veteran's current psychiatric conditions.
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