The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to inadequate VA opinions and missing treatment records. The Veteran's claims for service connection, evaluation of his back condition, and SMC are being reviewed again.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not address all relevant issues as per the January 2022 remand instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia), Degenerative disease of the back
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22070675
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to inadequate opinions and missing medical records. The Veteran's back condition and psychiatric disorder are still under review.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (degenerative disease of the back, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy) prevent him from securing and following any substantially gainful occupation.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for degenerative disease of the hips and back, finding that these conditions were not incurred or aggravated by active duty.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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