The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and additional medical evidence is needed.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records prevent a determination on the merits of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- an acquired psychiatric disability, claimed as PTSD, anger, frustration, fidgety, periods of silence, paranoid ways
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2021
- Citation
- 21071037
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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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