The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an anxiety condition and remanded the claims for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and an anxiety disorder, and celiac disease.
The deciding factor: New evidence was found to be material to the claim of service connection for an anxiety condition, necessitating further development before a decision can be made on the merits.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety condition, psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and anxiety, celiac disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2024
- Citation
- 24002067
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for anxiety, depression, joint pains of the hands, a right knee condition, and a left knee condition as there was no evidence to support that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
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