The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's service connection for various psychiatric disorders, including PTSD. The Veteran needs to provide supporting lay statements and a VA examination is required.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about establishing service connection but rather determining the nature and etiology of the Veteran’s psychiatric disorder and whether it had its onset in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Various psychiatric disorders
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19195339
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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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