The Board remands the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and a scar on face/upper lip for additional development.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to corroborate the claimed in-service stressor and obtain medical evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22001309
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Decisions by this judge: 2,548 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate opinions regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Veteran's claims are related to stressors in service and need further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression due to the lack of evidence showing a current disability during or after service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, to obtain private treatment records and schedule a VA examination.
- Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is granted a 100 percent disability rating from July 13, 2021.
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