The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues and the court's decision invalidating certain regulations. The case is now remanded for additional development, including a psychiatric examination.
The deciding factor: The court invalidated regulations that allowed for expedited development without initial consideration by the AOJ, necessitating this remand for proper appellate review.
- Claimed conditions
- paranoid schizophrenic reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2003
- Citation
- 0319837
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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 Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development and consideration of his claims, including the issue of a rating higher than 50 percent for service-connected paranoid schizophrenic reaction prior to June 13, 2014, and the claim for TDIU prior to that date.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and additional VA treatment records, as well as further development of his TDIU claim.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a video-conference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenic reaction more closely approximates occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, warranting a 50 percent rating for the entire claim/appeal period.
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