The Board has ordered additional development due to the veteran's receipt of Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits. The SSA records should be obtained, and a notice letter reflective of recent cases on the VCAA should be sent to the veteran.
The deciding factor: Additional development is required as the veteran received SSA disability benefits which may contain relevant information for his service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0615474
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,642 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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
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