The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, to schedule an additional VA examination.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion is inadequate as it did not discuss early possible indicators of a psychiatric disability and an additional examination is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified anxiety disorder, Major depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24070024
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 veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 70 percent for other specified anxiety disorder and entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Partly granted
The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disability and granted a total disability based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities beginning August 10, 2024.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for further development to determine if the Veteran is entitled to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ or extremity, and to consider additional functional impairments in relation to the claim.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a mental health disability but denied it for a right knee disability. The claims for back and left knee disabilities were remanded.
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