The Board remands the evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma and entitlement to a total disability rating based on unemployability due to service-connected disabilities for further development.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to correct duty-to-assist errors, including obtaining private treatment records and Social Security Administration records.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011868
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,893 · Granted: 31% (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
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- Dismissed
The appeal concerning the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD due to military sexual trauma and major depressive disorder, is dismissed without prejudice due to the Veteran's death.
- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma, an acquired psychiatric disorder to include adjustment disorder with anxiety, and a left hand disability as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD due to military sexual trauma. The evidence did not establish a diagnosis of PTSD in conformance with DSM-5 criteria and the VA examiner found no credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressor occurred.
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