The Board has denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for scars on various parts of his body, finding no evidence to support a link between these conditions and active duty. The psychiatric disability claim is remanded due to insufficient information regarding the claimed stressor.
The deciding factor: There was not sufficient corroborated evidence to establish the specific stressor associated with the Veteran's PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- scars of both arms, scars of both legs, scars of face, scars of head
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2022
- Citation
- 22018878
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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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