The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a Statement of the Case regarding the issue of an earlier effective date for the grant of a 100 percent rating for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on procedural issues related to the issuance of a Statement of the Case.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder with depression (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2022
- Citation
- 22028722
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for sinusitis, a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, and an initial rating in excess of 80 percent for bilateral hearing loss. The asthma claim was remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include posttraumatic stress disorder with depression.
- Dismissed
The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal for an increased rating of PTSD, and the Board has dismissed this issue.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and Social Security Administration (SSA) records. The TDIU claim is also remanded as the Veteran has not yet submitted a TDIU claim form.
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