The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection due to new and material evidence. However, the case is remanded as there are outstanding VA and Social Security Administration records that need to be obtained before a decision can be made.
The deciding factor: There are gaps in the medical record regarding treatment during the relevant period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0114328
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a Travel Board hearing at the RO, and will not make any determination on the merits of the claims until further notice.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's chronic psychiatric disorder, including his current diagnoses of schizoaffective disorder and depression, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service. The Board found that the current disorders are not proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for head injury residuals, to include a chronic psychiatric disorder, in a November 2002 decision. The evidence submitted since then is not new and material.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the Veteran's death and cannot proceed with the merits of her claims.
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