The veteran's claims for increased rating and total disability due to service-connected disabilities are being remanded due to the failure of the veteran to report for scheduled VA examinations, lack of adequate notice provided to the veteran regarding the examinations, and incomplete medical records. The case will be returned to the RO for further development.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to report for scheduled VA examinations, which is a procedural issue that requires remand to ensure compliance with due process requirements.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals of a gunshot wound to the abdomen, conversion reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2001
- Citation
- 0109922
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected psychoneurosis, conversion reaction, chronic, moderate was denied as the evidence does not show that he currently has a psychiatric disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development and consideration of his claims, including a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected coronary artery disease and whether he is unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or special home adaptations due to lack of legal merit.
- Granted
The Board has found clear and unmistakable error in the November 1960 decision that severed service connection for psychoneurosis, and restored it. The Veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder is moot as the benefit requested (restoration of service connection) has been granted.
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