The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA and private psychiatric treatment records and a VA examination. The issues of service connection for a sinus disorder, a higher initial rating for lumbar strain, and an increase rating for a left knee disability are also being addressed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's appeal requires further development to obtain necessary medical records and conduct a VA examination to determine the relationship between his current psychiatric condition and service, including a motor vehicle accident in 1978. The issues of service connection for other conditions are also pending.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric condition, sinus disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0942370
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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.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for brain disease due to trauma as it was untimely filed. The Board granted service connection for chronic sinusitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the service connection claims for a left leg disorder, low back disorder, right shoulder disorder, and sinus disorder due to an error in not providing notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's claim for service connection and appropriate rating for a psychiatric condition as there was no outstanding request to reopen the previously denied claim, and thus no unresolved claim exists.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted as he meets the schedular criteria for TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities, and his inability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
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