The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, a psychiatric examination, and readjudication of the claims.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further evidence to determine the current severity of the service-connected condition and its impact on employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Depressive Features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2011
- Citation
- 1109275
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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
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