The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional information and evidence, including service personnel records and VA examinations for his psychiatric disorder and left foot. The claims will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that further development is necessary to ensure a complete record before deciding the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- shrapnel wound to the left foot, an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as a panic disorder, anxiety with associated depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1020231
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's glaucoma and a scar on his left foot from shrapnel wounds are granted as service-connected. Glaucoma is not related to service, while the scar is directly related.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and arranging for VA examinations to assess his service-connected conditions. The TDIU claim will be deferred until the RO adjudicates a prostate cancer claim.
- Granted
The Board has granted a separate 10 percent rating for scarring on the left foot in addition to the current 30 percent rating for the residuals of a shrapnel wound to the left foot with amputation of the third and fourth toes, acquired deformity, neuropathy, retained metallic fragments, and degenerative arthritis. The combined evaluation does not exceed the maximum allowable under VA regulations.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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