The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA psychiatric evaluation and review of his mental health records from his place of incarceration.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to report for the scheduled VA examination and has not been rescheduled. The RO must ensure all notification and development actions required by the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 have been completed, including obtaining updated medical records and arranging a VA psychiatric evaluation if possible.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety reaction with depressive features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2004
- Citation
- 0404043
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 464 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0404043.
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's anxiety is rated at a 70 percent rating since February 15, 2016.,An effective date prior to October 7, 2013 for service connection for hypertension was denied.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's cause of death, pneumonia and respiratory failure, is related to his service-connected anxiety reaction with depressive features. The Board granted service connection for the cause of death due to resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board found that the September 18, 1974 rating decision denying service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous. The denial of service connection for anxiety reaction with depressive features was based on a direct basis, while the denial of service connection for immature personality disorder was due to it being considered a constitutional or developmental abnormality.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death. His claims for various disabilities and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 are not before the Board.
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