The Board has remanded the case due to a duty-to-assist error and needs a new medical opinion regarding whether PTSD contributed to the Veteran's cause of death.
The deciding factor: The VA contract C&P examination did not provide an adequate rationale regarding the etiology of the Veteran's death, specifically regarding the relationship between PTSD and dementia.
- Claimed conditions
- advanced vascular dementia, recurrent strokes, cerebral amyloid angioplasty, seizure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24020572
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding no evidence linking his conditions to his military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's unauthorized non-VA medical expenses incurred on December 18, 2017 for a seizure were denied as he did not meet the statutory requirements for reimbursement under VA policies.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal due to the death of the appellant, and no service connection decisions were made.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service records and the need for a VA examination regarding the appellant's mental state leading up to his discharge from service. The examiner will assess whether the appellant was insane at the time of certain offenses, including those related to seizures and traumatic brain injury.
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