The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims are being remanded because there is insufficient competent evidence on file to make a decision regarding his service connection claim. Additional medical records and an opinion from a VA examiner are needed to determine if his current psychiatric disorder is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, undifferentiated type, schizo-affective disorder, manic depression, chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1016596
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities, specifically spinal fusion, cervical radiculopathy, and bilateral knee disabilities.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the previously denied claim for service connection for chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia and panic disorder, based on new evidence.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including manic depression, is granted due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The case is remanded for a VA examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 50 percent for schizo-affective disorder and for TDIU due to additional development being needed. The claims are related, so both must be remanded.
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