The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the current severity of her service-connected depression with anxiety, adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features, and history of bipolar disorder. The issue of individual unemployability (TDIU) will be deferred pending resolution of the rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim requires further evaluation due to new VCAA requirements for increased rating claims and TDIU claims.
- Claimed conditions
- depression with anxiety, adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features, history of bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2008
- Citation
- 0842844
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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
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