return to duty . The deck log is negative for any loss of consciousness . The earliest clinical evidence of an acquired psychiatric disability is more than twenty years after separation from service . The Board finds that , pursuant to the September 2014 Court Order granting the Joint Motion , further development is necessary prior to adjudication of the Veteran ' s claims of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder , to include PTSD and major depression , and entitlement to a TDIU rating . The clinical evidence of record , including the Veteran ' s December 2012 VA examination report , includes findings that the Veteran ' s depression predated service . An earlier November 2011 VA examination report concluded that there "