The Board has remanded the case for further examination and review of the Veteran's claims, including a VA psychiatric examination to determine if his noncardiac chest pain is related to an anxiety disorder or any other psychiatric condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran needs another VA psychiatric examination to clarify whether his chest pains are due to his diagnosed anxiety disorder or any other psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- noncardiac chest pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1010006
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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 Veteran's claims for PTSD, noncardiac chest pain, and left eye dry eye syndrome are being remanded due to the need to obtain Social Security Administration records.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's noncardiac chest pain could be attributed to an anxiety disorder, a known clinical diagnosis. As such, service connection was denied.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a left testicular cyst and headaches, but denied the remaining claims for service connection. The Veteran's initial noncompensable disability ratings for prostatism with bladder outlet obstruction and epididymitis and bilateral pes planus with bilateral heel spurs have been maintained.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for heartburn, noncardiac chest pain, and irritable bowel syndrome as these conditions were not shown to be etiologically related to a disease, injury, or event in service.
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