The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to obtain pertinent records and provide a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine the nature and likely etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disability, as well as whether her service-connected knee disabilities are related to or aggravated by any other conditions. The Veteran also needs to have her claims for increased ratings and temporary total rating based on convalescence reviewed after these additional records are obtained.
- Claimed conditions
- depression/anxiety
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2011
- Citation
- 1141057
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death. The claims for service connection have not been decided.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's VR&E benefits and services application was not granted due to a lack of evidence in the claims file. The case is being remanded for further evaluation by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC).
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depressive neurosis, also claimed as depression/anxiety.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for depression and anxiety was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran prior to a decision.
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