The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion on whether the veteran's depression is proximately due to, the result of, or aggravated by service-connected hearing loss and/or tinnitus.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence addressing whether the veteran's depression is related to his service-connected conditions; therefore, a remand for an examination is necessary.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, major depression, dysthymic disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2008
- Citation
- 0815136
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
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- Partly granted
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