The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a back disability, and a skin disability need further development due to incomplete records and the need for additional examinations.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for more information from private treatment records and the need for another examination of the Veteran’s disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a back disability, a skin disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20073001
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,319 · Granted: 25% (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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an error in providing notice of the Veteran's right to a personal hearing, and the issues of service connection for PTSD and a left hand disability are being reviewed again.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, squamous cell carcinoma, a back disability, and a neck disability due to a failure to obtain the Veteran's service treatment records since August 2023.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection for birth control, ovarian cysts, and a back disability as the Veteran did not file a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD).
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