The Board has determined that there was a duty to assist error in the initial rating decision and remanded both service connection claims for additional development. The Veteran's other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder is related to service, but further evidence is needed regarding alcohol abuse.
The deciding factor: The examiner must provide an opinion on whether the other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder is at least as likely as not related to service, including undocumented symptoms of anxiety during service.
- 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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,549 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder with secondary eating disorder and insomnia disorder, finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's military service. The appeal was not about PTSD, MDD, or GAD.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, and other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder, finding that there is medical evidence linking these conditions to in-service events.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for dyshidrotic eczema of the hands and denied service connection for chronic headaches, sleep apnea, irritable bowel syndrome, allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, left hip strain with various limitations, left knee joint osteoarthritis, pain of lumbar spine, and other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder is granted. The Board found that the veteran's current diagnosis of this condition is related to his military service.
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