The veteran's appeal involves claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 and an increased rating for chronic liver disease and hepatitis, as well as a request for an earlier effective date for the award of compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151. The case is being remanded to allow for further development and consideration.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims are complex and require additional information and examination to determine eligibility for benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- neuropsychiatric condition, chronic liver disease and hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2001
- Citation
- 0118680
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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: Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of August 25, 2005 for the grant of TDIU and SMC based on housebound status. The appellant's service-connected neuropsychiatric condition and depressive disorder prevented him from securing and maintaining substantial gainful employment since that date.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted an effective date of August 25, 2005 for the award of service connection for neuropsychiatric condition and depression. The claims for increased rating and TDIU are being remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include a neuropsychiatric condition, a nervous disorder, anxiety, depression and PTSD, as secondary to his service-connected disabilities. The decision also denied the claim for total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the submitted evidence is not new and material, thus denying the reopening of the claim for service connection for schizophrenia reaction, chronic, incompetent (also claimed as mood disorder).
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