The Board is remanding the claims for service connection for other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder and alcohol abuse, severe, in sustained remission due to a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The issues are inextricably intertwined as the alcohol abuse is secondary to the other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder, alcohol abuse, severe, in sustained remission
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2024
- Citation
- A24068805
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for service connection for alcohol abuse, fatigue and PTSD under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17 as the appeal was not timely filed.
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