The Board has remanded the case due to issues with contested claims procedures and a need for further action.
The deciding factor: Issues related to attorney fees as past-due benefits have been identified, necessitating full compliance with contested claims procedures.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified trauma stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20039034
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an effective date of July 31, 2020, for the award of a 70 percent rating for unspecified trauma stressor related disorder is dismissed as the full benefit sought has already been allowed.
- Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric conditions, including PTSD and unspecified trauma stressor related disorder with other specified depressive disorder, are found to be service-connected as they are linked to his in-service experiences.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for unspecified trauma stressor related disorder with a 30% rating, effective September 14, 2014. Attorney fees in the amount of 20 percent of past-due benefits awarded from this decision are granted.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for colon cancer was denied as there is no evidence that his current condition is related to military service.,The Veteran's claim for a temporary total evaluation (TTE) based on treatment for colon cancer necessitating a period of convalescence was denied because the condition is not service-connected.
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