The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating of 50 percent for his service-connected Other specified trauma and stressor related disorder (OSTSD) is remanded due to inadequate reasons and bases. Additionally, the TDIU claim is inextricably intertwined with the OSTSD claim and thus also needs to be remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the reasons and bases provided by the RO were inadequate for the increased rating of 50 percent for OSTSD and requested a new examination to address the Veteran's symptoms related to intrusive memories, intense psychological reactivity, avoidance of distressing memories, hypervigilance, and emotional numbing.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma and stressor related disorder (OSTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22010407
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a rating of 70 percent for OSTSD has been granted, effective January 7, 2022. The issue of TDIU prior to November 18, 2021 remains in appellate status.,A total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was also granted, effective January 7, 2022.
- Granted
The Veteran's OSTSD is rated at 50 percent, effective November 10, 2014. The symptoms and impairment caused by the condition do not more nearly approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for Other Specified Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder (OSTSD) was received on November 10, 2014. The Board found that an effective date prior to this date is not warranted as the Veteran did not file a formal or informal application for service connection for OSTSD prior to this date.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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