The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA psychiatric examination.
The deciding factor: The claim requires further evaluation and evidence collection before a decision can be made on the increased rating for adjustment disorder with depression.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0618909
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 27, 2023, for the grant of service connection for adjustment disorder with depression.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric disorder to obtain additional medical opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and character of discharge to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including obtaining outstanding medical records and a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's mental state at the time of misconduct.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD and adjustment disorder with depression and anxiety disorder, are related to his active service.
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