The Board has granted service connection for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, but remanded the issues of right hip disability and tremors due to insufficient medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided did not adequately address whether the Veteran's current conditions are related to his in-service experiences or if they are symptoms of his acquired psychiatric disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, Right hip disability, Tremors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20081626
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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