The Board has ordered the case to be remanded for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and a VA psychiatric examination.
The deciding factor: The examiner failed to address the appellant's claim of unemployability due to his service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, undifferentiated type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0032926
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's mental competency to handle VA benefits was found lacking, and restoration of competency is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's schizophrenia, undifferentiated type, was rated at 70 percent and denied a higher rating. The Board found that the symptoms did not meet criteria for total social impairment or total occupational impairment.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of schizophrenia, undifferentiated type. The Veteran's claim was initially denied in October 1992 and reopened on August 19, 2010. Service connection was established with a 50% rating effective from August 19, 2010.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's schizophrenia, undifferentiated type is rated at 100 percent effective from March 25, 2011, due to total occupational and social impairment.
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