The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining SSA decision and medical records. The claim is still pending as it remains to be decided whether new evidence has been presented to reopen the service connection claim.
The deciding factor: The appeal was not fully granted due to the need to obtain additional information from Social Security Administration (SSA) regarding the veteran's benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- paranoid schizophrenia, nervous condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2008
- Citation
- 0826732
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as the appellant, through his representative, withdrew the appeal prior to a decision being made.
- 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 Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of paranoid schizophrenia is denied. The Board has also remanded the case to obtain a VA examination regarding his current disability rating for paranoid schizophrenia.
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