Citation Nr: A21020119
Decision Date: 12/16/21	Archive Date: 12/16/21

DOCKET NO. 190619-21957
DATE: December 16, 2021

REMANDED

Entitlement to service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is remanded.

REASONS FOR REMAND

The appellant served on active duty for training (ACDUTRA) with the United States Army Reserves from February 8, 1983 to June 14, 1983.  This matter is before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) on appeal of a March 2019 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rating decision (which found new and material evidence was received, but denied service connection for PTSD on de novo review).   

In a December 2020 decision, the Board denied the Appellant's appeal for service connection for PTSD.  The Appellant appealed the December 2020 Board decision to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court).  In a July 2021 order, the Court granted a Joint Motion for Remand (JMR).  The Court order vacated the Board's December 2020 denial decision and remanded the case to the Board for action consistent with the JMR.

The JMR states that VA must obtain the Appellant's medical records from the Hampton VA Medical Center (VAMC) from December 2018 onward.  The JMR further states that treatment records from JenCare Senior Medical Center (JenCare) were not properly scanned into the file and that the complete records from JenCare should be obtained and associated with the file.  Accordingly, the Appellant's claim must be remanded to obtain the identified evidence.  

The matters are REMANDED for the following action:

1. Obtain copies of the Appellant's treatment records at the Hampton, Virginia VAMC, dated from December 2018 to present, and associate them with the claims file.

2. Reobtain copies of the Appellant's treatment records at the JenCare Senior Medical Center.  Once obtained, insure that the records are properly loaded into the Appellant's electronic file so that none of the pages are truncated or otherwise incomplete/unreadable to the extent possible.  

 

 

G. A. WASIK

Veterans Law Judge

Board of Veterans' Appeals

Attorney for the Board	R. E. Jones, Counsel

The Board's decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.