The Board has found that there has not been substantial compliance with the remand requests and has therefore remanded the claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD.
The deciding factor: The examination report was incomplete and did not fully address the Veteran's contentions of continuity of symptomatology noted in the record and the opinion was not fully responsive to the Board's remand request.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Adjustment Disorder, Cocaine Use Disorder, Other Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Unspecified Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23055234
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The Veteran's initial ratings for anxiety disorder and TBI were denied as the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD has been dismissed as the claim was granted and effective from February 22, 2023.
- Denied
The Board denied eligibility to attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a March 2024 rating decision because the March 2024 rating decision was an initial decision granting service connection for anxiety disorder.
- Granted
The Veteran's psychiatric disorder, specifically depressive disorder, is rated at 70 percent effective from August 3, 2021. The claim for a higher rating remains denied.
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