The Board has remanded the case due to conflicting medical evidence regarding the severity of the veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder and a need for further clarification from the VA physician who completed a March 1999 report of examination.
The deciding factor: More information is needed from the VA physician regarding the impact of the veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder on his ability to work due to conflicting medical evidence and lack of explicitness in the VA examiner's conclusions.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder with depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0000145
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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 50 percent for anxiety disorder and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, but granted service connection for a bilateral foot condition.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with depression, left knee degenerative joint disease, and pseudofolliculitis barbae based on the evidence supporting a nexus to the Veteran's military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's current psychiatric disorder, specifically generalized anxiety disorder with depression, is found to be related to her military service and has been granted service connection.
- Dismissed
Your appeal for a higher rating for your anxiety disorder has been dismissed because the Veteran passed away before a decision could be made.
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