The appeal for service connection and rating issues related to posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder is remanded for further review.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's claims need further development and adjudication under the Legacy Appeal system.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25000556
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,455 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder has been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus for compensation purposes.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of a 60 percent disability rating for the service-connected right knee replacement residuals effective October 17, 2020, and denied an increased disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD. A TDIU was also granted from August 28, 2020.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal of the proposed reduction from 100 percent to 70 percent for the service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder is dismissed, and the issue of entitlement to service connection for migraines is remanded.
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