The veteran's representative has requested service connection for anxiety with depression on a secondary basis due to existing service-connected disabilities. The case is being remanded to consider this claim under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.310(a).
The deciding factor: Service connection is being considered based on secondary service connection criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety with depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2004
- Citation
- 0413306
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for anxiety with depression and remanded the claims for back pain, left shoulder pain, and right shoulder pain for further development.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for left knee osteoarthritis and remanded claims for bilateral plantar fasciitis, right knee mild medial compartment osteoarthritis, and anxiety with depression.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety with depression) due to its etiological relationship with the Veteran's military service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 17, 2021, for the grant of a 100 percent rating for anxiety with depression and alcohol abuse disorder, as well as basic eligibility to DEA benefits. The claim for SMC based on housebound status was denied.
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