The Board has remanded the case for further development and adjudication, including addressing an earlier effective date for service connection of major depressive episode with psychotic features.
The deciding factor: The veteran's appeal involves a claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU. The joint motion to the Court impliedly raised a related issue of an earlier effective date for service connection of major depressive disorder with psychotic features, which is inextricably intertwined with the TDIU claim.
- Claimed conditions
- low back strain, fractured right fourth metacarpal, right shoulder disability, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, major depressive episode with psychotic features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2002
- Citation
- 0211591
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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
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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