The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and records review.
The deciding factor: Further evidence and a detailed psychiatric evaluation are required to accurately assess the veteran's service-connected depression and its impact on his disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depression, Recurrent
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0106468
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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
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- Granted
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- Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's major depression, recurrent, does not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 50 percent.
- Granted
The veteran's major depression, recurrent, with dysthymic disorder was rated at 100% effective November 4, 1997.
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