The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD) and a disability manifested by fatigue due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives. The cases are being returned for further development, including obtaining additional VA treatment records and providing opinions on the nature and etiology of the claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there has not been substantial compliance with its previous remand directives regarding the Veteran's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD) and a disability manifested by fatigue, necessitating further development to ensure proper consideration of all relevant evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD), Disability manifested by fatigue
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22001489
Veterans Law Judge
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.
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