The Board has remanded the cases due to outstanding records from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and VA/privates treatment records.
The deciding factor: Outstanding records are needed for proper adjudication of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with alcohol abuse, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with hypertensive heart disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20065431
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and PTSD with alcohol abuse, as the Veteran's psychiatric disorder did not have its onset in service and is not otherwise related to service.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew their appeal for higher ratings for PTSD with alcohol abuse, right shoulder disability, and right wrist disability. The Board dismissed the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a medical examination to determine if the Veteran's current neck strain is related to his in-service activities.
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