The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error and needs to obtain an updated VA opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed mental disorder.
The deciding factor: The initial VA opinion was inadequate as it did not consider the Veteran's lay statements about traumatic events during service.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified mental disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2024
- Citation
- A24076820
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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 determined that the Veteran's unspecified mental disorder is related to service and granted service connection for this condition.
- Partly granted
The Board granted total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's unspecified mental disorder.
- Granted
The Veteran's unspecified mental disorder, which is considered a direct service connection case, has been granted a 100 percent rating due to total occupational and social impairment caused by symptoms such as suicidal ideations, obsessional rituals, near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively, and impaired impulse control.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for increased ratings of his unspecified mental disorder and migraine headaches are being remanded due to a duty-to-assist error. The Board requests that the Veteran provide authorization for VA to obtain Ireland Army Health Clinic treatment records from December 2018 to March 2020.
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