The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence to determine the etiology of the veteran's acquired psychiatric condition, including anxiety and depression. The AMC is instructed to obtain additional service medical records and seek an examination for a determination on this claim.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence to determine the etiology of the veteran's acquired psychiatric condition, including anxiety and depression.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric condition to include anxiety and depression
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2005
- Citation
- 0501056
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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.
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