The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability due to MST, but remanded the issues of service connection for a headache disability and a back condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted based on new evidence that reopened the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability related to military sexual trauma (MST). The headaches and back conditions are remanded as there is insufficient medical opinion regarding their onset or relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disability, headache disability, back condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2021
- Citation
- A21019258
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection on the merits are being remanded due to new evidence and development needs. The maximum disability rating for tinnitus has already been assigned.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a back condition, including degenerative disc disease and scoliosis, due to lack of current disability evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection and rating of left lower extremity radiculopathy, headache disability, and bilateral hearing loss due to an error in notifying the Veteran of her right to a pre-decisional hearing.
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