The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for major depressive disorder with anxiety is being remanded due to the need for additional development and compliance with new regulations under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence has been associated with the claims file, necessitating its review by the RO before further action can be taken on the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0313729
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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 Board denied the Veteran's appeal to revise an August 2019 rating decision that denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding no clear and unmistakable error (CUE). However, it granted service connection for major depressive disorder with anxiety as secondary to fibromyalgia.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 8, 1993, for the Veteran's service connected acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 100 percent for major depressive disorder with anxiety from April 1, 2020.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal, so the case is dismissed.
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