The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD to obtain a fully adequate medical advisory opinion.
The deciding factor: The August 2022 medical opinion was found incomplete and not fully responsive to the Board's remand directives, necessitating corrective action.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23000874
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.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all claims pending before the Board of Veterans' Appeals, and as such, the appeals for initial ratings and service connection were dismissed.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for PTSD was denied, but the claim for another psychiatric disability was remanded for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied reopening of the claim for service connection for psychiatric disability other than PTSD, as new and material evidence was not received.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD but denied service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD and a skin disability.
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