The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for low back disability, acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD), and hepatitis C due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran is required to undergo VA examinations and provide additional information regarding his in-service stressors.
The deciding factor: The decision was not able to determine if the current diagnoses are related to service without further examination and development of the claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD), hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19195612
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Decisions by this judge: 115 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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