The Board has ordered further development due to an error in mailing notice of a scheduled VA examination. The case is now remanded for the appropriate development, including scheduling a psychiatric examination and providing the claims folder to the examiner.
The deciding factor: The appeal was not about service connection at all, as it pertained to rating criteria rather than establishing service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- undifferentiated somatoform disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2003
- Citation
- 0320099
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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 Veteran is unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities, resulting in a TDIU being granted.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance is remanded due to the lack of adequate information regarding his current state of service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased rating and service connection due to incomplete development, including failure to notify the Veteran of scheduled examinations. The TDIU claim is also being remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the other issues.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's VR&E benefits were discontinued due to her failure to cooperate with extended evaluation and the determination that achievement of a vocational goal is not currently reasonably feasible.
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