The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination and additional attempts to obtain pre-service treatment records. The claim will be readjudicated after these actions.
The deciding factor: The examiner should provide an opinion on whether any current psychiatric disability was incurred in or aggravated by service, considering the veteran's reports of pre-service treatment and the February 1971 diagnosis of chronic anxiety neurosis.
- Claimed conditions
- general anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2008
- Citation
- 0818845
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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.
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically general anxiety disorder, was incurred during his service in the U.S. Army Reserve and is granted service connection.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as general anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder and depression, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to his active duty service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disability is dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review options. The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to migraines due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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