The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and needs to obtain additional information before deciding whether new evidence supports reopening the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to gather more complete medical records from various VA facilities to determine if there is new and material evidence supporting the veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0801609
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and no effective date or rating is assigned as the claims are not adjudicated.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board is remanding the case for scheduling a personal hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO due to the veteran's and his attorney's failure to respond to previous requests for hearings.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has found that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia. The case is being remanded due to failure to hold a hearing as requested by the appellant in 1991, need for compliance with legal authority, and need for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
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