The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of his claims, including scheduling a hearing and obtaining additional evidence from SSA.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that there are outstanding issues related to the veteran's claims and needs to ensure all necessary procedures are followed before proceeding with adjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, degenerative disc disease with low back pain and radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0601566
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,242 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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