The Board remands the claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with adjustment disorder, depressed mood, and anxiety due to a missed VA examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary as the Veteran did not attend a scheduled VA examination without good cause, necessitating another attempt at obtaining an accurate assessment of his condition.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with adjustment disorder, depressed mood, and anxiety
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2024
- Citation
- 24003325
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.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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