The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected psychoneurosis, anxiety state is being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and notification.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional examination and notification are necessary to properly assess the veteran's disability and provide adequate notice under Vazquez-Flores v. Peake.
- Claimed conditions
- psychoneurosis, anxiety state
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 26, 2008
- Citation
- 0828997
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the January 1949 rating decision that reduced the ratings for service-connected psychiatric disability, changed the name of the respiratory disability, and increased the rating for a left chest disability.
- Denied
The RO found no CUE in the August 1957 rating decision that severed service connection for psychoneurosis, anxiety state.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 100 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected psychoneurosis, anxiety state, finding that his chronic and severe psychiatric symptomatology renders him unable to obtain and maintain gainful employment or sustain effective social relationships.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected psychoneurosis, anxiety state is currently rated at 50 percent and the Board finds that a higher rating of 70 percent is warranted.
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