The veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder, including major depression, is being remanded due to the need to obtain additional medical records and information from the Social Security Administration.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to fully evaluate the veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2005
- Citation
- 0522537
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depression due to inadequate medical opinions and incomplete VA treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete records and a need for an examination.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD, major depression, chronic fatigue with loss of stamina and sex drive, a skin disorder, left shoulder tendonitis, and left hip condition. The evaluation for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss remains unchanged.
- Denied
The Board of Veterans' Appeals found that the veteran's PTSD and major depression were not incurred in or aggravated by active service, thus denying her claims.
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