The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 30 percent prior to June 8, 2016, and for TDIU due to newly received VA treatment records. The AOJ should consider these records in their initial review.
The deciding factor: Newly received VA treatment records were added to the claims file and the Veteran requested that they be considered by the AOJ first.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20055521
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's disability rating for other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder with generalized anxiety disorder is denied as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied, while his claim for other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder was granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for a psychiatric disability, associated with service-connected dyshidrotic eczema.
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