The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete notification and assistance under the VCAA, as well as obtaining additional medical records.
The deciding factor: VA failed to provide proper notice and assistance in connection with the service connection claim for chronic schizophrenia, undifferentiated type.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic schizophrenia, undifferentiated type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0602819
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for his service connection of chronic schizophrenia, undifferentiated type, awarded in 1985 is dismissed as the original decision became final.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has not received all of the Veteran's medical records from the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center, which have been transferred to the Birmingham VA Medical Center. The case is being remanded to obtain these records.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for chronic schizophrenia, undifferentiated type is being remanded due to the need for additional development of records.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case to comply with a Joint Motion for Remand, which requires an adequate examination and opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorder.
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