The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and Social Security Administration (SSA) records. The case will be reviewed again after the development to determine if any benefits are granted.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to obtain all relevant medical records and SSA records to properly assess the veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disability, to include depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2007
- Citation
- 0703304
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for prostate cancer and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include depression, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding potential herbicide exposure.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, an acquired psychiatric disability including depression, and right knee pain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and need for further development, including obtaining additional military personnel and medical records.
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