The Veteran's claim for an initial rating greater than 30 percent for service-connected unspecified trauma- and stressor-related disorder is being remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. Relevant private treatment records were not obtained before the January 2022 decision.
The deciding factor: Failure to obtain relevant private treatment records prior to issuing the initial rating decision constitutes a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified trauma- and stressor-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24059441
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected unspecified trauma- and stressor-related disorder is rated at 50 percent, which grants an initial disability rating. The severity of the symptoms most closely approximates a 50 percent rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include unspecified trauma- and stressor-related disorder, unspecified depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable rating and an earlier effective date for the veteran's unspecified trauma- and stressor-related disorder, stating that the symptoms were not severe enough to warrant a higher rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for unspecified trauma- and stressor-related disorder, but denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder.
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