The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient verification of the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors. The AOJ is instructed to attempt to verify these stressors through the VBA Records Research Center and obtain the Veteran's service personnel records.
The deciding factor: Verification of the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors was not completed as required by the May 2020 remand directive.
- Claimed conditions
- an unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23048685
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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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