The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD and depression; residuals of left foot strain (including arthritis); bilateral hearing loss; and tinnitus require further development due to incomplete medical records and need for additional examinations.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records and need for additional examinations are required to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disability (including PTSD and Depression), Residuals of Left Foot Strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20041560
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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 claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities, low back disability, acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD and depression), and sleep apnea have been dismissed due to the Veteran not timely initiating an appeal with respect to the June 2014 denial of these claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection has been reopened due to the submission of new evidence. The claims for bilateral hearing loss, acquired psychiatric disability including PTSD and depression, hypertension, and cold injury residuals are all remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including right shoulder disorder, neck disorder, low back disorder, right knee disorder, pseudofolliculitis barbae, bilateral hearing loss, heart disorder, and acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD and depression), finding no new and material evidence to reopen these claims.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the claim and determined that there is sufficient evidence to support a finding of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD and depression. The Veteran's current psychiatric problems are related to his military service.
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