The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for a psychiatric disability is remanded for the issuance of a Statement of the Case.
The deciding factor: The VA Form 10182 was accepted as a Notice of Disagreement, and the AOJ must issue a Statement of the Case addressing the earlier effective date claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2025
- Citation
- 25004424
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with TBI, granted separate ratings of 30 percent for BPPV and migraine headaches, and denied increased ratings for other conditions. Service connection was also denied for various disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with TBI but granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the service-connected condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with TBI, a rating in excess of 10 percent for contact dermatitis, and whether the reduction from 30 percent to zero percent for migraine headaches was proper. The claim for TDIU is also remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD with TBI and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
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