The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including those for PTSD, anxiety, residuals of TBI with memory loss, an eye disorder secondary to keloid scars, bilateral hearing loss, posttraumatic headaches, and tinnitus. The specific theories of entitlement have not been fully addressed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new evidence related to the Veteran's service connection claims has been submitted but did not provide a clear rationale for why these issues were remanded without specifying the basis for their decision regarding each claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Anxiety, Residuals of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) to include memory loss, Eye disorder, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Post Traumatic Headaches with Dizzy Spells/Syncope (claimed as Migraines and Vertigo), Keloid Scars, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20076848
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding the appellant's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder as secondary to hypertension and tinnitus, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an increased rating for hypertension.
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