The Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include PTSD, is reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The case is remanded as further verification of the claimed in-service stressor event is required.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to verify the Veteran's reported in-service traumatic stressor event involving witnessing a dead body recovery from the water under the pier while serving aboard the U.S.S. Shiloh in 1992.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric condition, to include PTSD
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2021
- Citation
- 21065563
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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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