The veteran is seeking service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder and a claimed spinal disorder. The RO must schedule VA examinations to determine the nature and likely etiology of these conditions, as well as review the claims file to ensure compliance with VCAA requirements.
The deciding factor: The case requires further examination to determine the nature and likely etiology of the veteran's claimed psychiatric and spinal disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed spinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2004
- Citation
- 0428065
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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: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a skin disorder, an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, a sinus disorder, an eye disorder (color blindness), residuals of right small finger injury, and residuals of dental injury. The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for the service-connected postoperative residuals of reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament was also denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a back disorder and an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO. The case will be returned to the Board after this action.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, as there was no clear and unmistakable evidence of a preexisting condition and no evidence that the current condition was due to his military service.
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