The Board has ordered a remand to obtain additional VA treatment records and provide the Veteran with an opinion regarding the etiology of his anxiety disorder, as well as consider amended regulations for service connection for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The claim must be remanded due to incomplete development and consideration of new regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1030030
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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: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and therefore, a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a left knee condition and denied service connection for this condition. The anxiety disorder evaluation is remanded due to incomplete medical records.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for various disabilities and compensation claims have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, finding that the current symptomatology is encompassed within the diagnosis of PTSD.
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