The Board has remanded the case to the RO for additional development and adjudicative action due to procedural issues, including compliance with the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000.
The deciding factor: The appeal is not about service connection at all as it is a request for additional development and review under the VCAA.
- Claimed conditions
- somatic disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2001
- Citation
- 0112907
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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: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for several conditions but granted it for right hip disability and assigned a 20 percent rating for right knee instability. Some issues were remanded.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for higher ratings and service connection for somatic disorder, coronary artery disease, and ocular migraine headaches was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's somatic disorder is rated at a 70 percent rating, but no higher. The Board found that the severity, frequency, and duration of his symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's somatic disorder has been rated at 70 percent since March 6, 2020. This rating is appropriate based on his symptoms of depressed mood, anxiety, chronic sleep impairment, disturbances of motivation and mood, difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships.
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