The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining mental health treatment records and conducting a psychiatric examination to determine the correct diagnoses.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to support the claims of service connection due to incomplete medical history and missing records from the Taylorville Correctional Center.
- Claimed conditions
- amnesia, psychiatric disorder, variously diagnosed
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0108558
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for trochanteric pain syndrome of bilateral hips, bilateral ankle sprain, and patellofemoral pain syndrome of bilateral knees. The remaining claims were denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the claims for entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a muscular system disorder, impotency, incontinence, a nervous system disorder, and amnesia, as well as entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to receipt of additional VA clinical documentation that was not initially considered. The Veteran must waive Agency of Original Jurisdiction review or it will be assumed he does not wish to do so.
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