The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence was found regarding the etiology of the claimed conditions, necessitating additional examinations and review of records.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1027197
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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.
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The Board remands the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability to correct an error in not securing an adequate medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a bilateral foot disability to obtain further development, including adequate VA examinations and opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, headaches, and a psychiatric disorder. The evaluation in excess of 10 percent for the skin disability was also denied.
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