The Board remands the claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD) and disability manifested by fatigue due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary as the prior VA examinations failed to consider the Veteran's asserted in-service stressors, which are critical to establishing service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD), Disability manifested by fatigue
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22001489
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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