The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence and a need for further examination. The veteran's nervous condition is being evaluated, but service connection will be decided based on the merits of the claim rather than any presumption or secondary theory.
The deciding factor: The VA psychiatrist noted that the veteran had a lifelong self-consciousness about his skin condition which may have contributed to his current psychiatric disability, but further examination and evidence are needed to determine if this is related to service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2008
- Citation
- 0804097
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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: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including headaches, nervous condition, skin lesions, sleep apnea, and heart condition/atrial fibrillation, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, a nervous condition and PTSD, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in the request for information to verify treatment during active duty training.
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