The Board has determined that the case must be remanded to obtain records from the Social Security Administration and VA treatment records, as well as updated psychiatric treatment records. The veteran's claim for service connection for a nervous condition will be reconsidered after these records are obtained.
The deciding factor: The need for additional evidence was identified due to incomplete record submissions and the requirement of new and material evidence to reopen the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous condition, mental health condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2007
- Citation
- 0723388
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's motion to revise a September 1949 rating decision that denied service connection for a nervous condition, finding no CUE and concluding the denial was not erroneous.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and a mental health condition, as well as his requests for higher ratings for GERD with esophageal polyps and Barrett's esophagus. The evidence did not show that these conditions were incurred in or related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically regarding the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders. The AOJ must obtain SSA records and provide an addendum medical opinion addressing the onset and relationship of any diagnosed psychiatric disorder to service.
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