The Veteran's discharge from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) is being remanded due to legal and factual deficiencies in the previous decisions. The claim will be reconsidered under proper eligibility criteria, including those set forth in 38 U.S.C. § 1720G(a)(2)(C)(ii)-(iii), as determined by VA's Centralized Eligibility and Appeals Team (CEAT).
The deciding factor: The previous decisions were legally insufficient due to the use of an invalidated legal definition for 'supervision, protection, or instruction' under 38 C.F.R. § 71.15.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety disorder, Mental health conditions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2026
- Citation
- A26030255
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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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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for a psychiatric disability to include PTSD and an anxiety disorder, other than the service-connected insomnia disorder. The claims for recurrent right shoulder disability, recurrent left shoulder disability, and obstructive sleep apnea are remanded.
- Granted
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