The Board is remanding the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 30 percent for psychoneurosis, anxiety type; service connection as secondary to service-connected psychoneurosis, anxiety type for TMJ and heart attacks. The RO must ensure that all requested actions have been undertaken and afford the veteran an opportunity to respond.
The deciding factor: The Board is remanding the claims due to the need for compliance with VCAA notification requirements.
- Claimed conditions
- psychoneurosis, anxiety type, TMJ, heart attacks
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0602936
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including OSA, cervical spine condition, left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition, and others, but dismissed appeals for obesity, TMJ, insomnia, left elbow, and right elbow. The Board also denied an earlier effective date for a 70% rating for acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, but granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and increased rating claims, including those related to various conditions such as right foot condition, TMJ, asthma, jawbone condition, sleep apnea, kidney stones, chronic bronchitis, Alpha gal, encephalopathy, left shoulder, left ankle, cervical spine, right hip, tachycardia, loose teeth, and jawbone condition.
- Dismissed
The veteran's requests to switch dockets and appeals for service connection were denied as untimely, with no good cause shown.
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