The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional VA examinations and to provide the appropriate schedular criteria for evaluation of his service-connected adjustment disorder with depressed and anxious mood. The case will be returned to the Board for further action.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence (VA examination results) and proper schedular criteria are needed to evaluate the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with depressed and anxious mood, human immunodeficiency viral infection with AIDS, chronic diffuse adenopathy, positive Hepatitis B serology
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0931455
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to inadequate medical opinions and a failure to provide requested information.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking an effective date earlier than May 20, 2021, for the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with depressed and anxious mood and depressive disorder was dismissed due to a written withdrawal by the Veteran.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder caused his obstructive sleep apnea, and thus grants service connection for OSA as secondary to his service-connected condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for further review of new evidence submitted by the Veteran, including VA treatment records from 2021 to 2023. The AOJ will issue a supplemental statement of the case that considers this additional evidence.
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