The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records from Brooklyn prior to June 2006 and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination.
The deciding factor: The current psychiatric disability may be related to service-connected skin problems but an opinion is needed regarding whether it was caused or aggravated by those conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder not otherwise specified (NOS), depressive disorder NOS
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2011
- Citation
- 1144203
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed psychiatric disorders because there was no evidence of a current disorder related to military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted a disability rating of 70 percent for the appellant's acquired psychiatric disorder from February 12, 2020. The symptoms include suicidal ideation and other mental health issues that have caused significant occupational and social impairment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of an adequate nexus opinion regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder. A new examination is required to address whether any diagnosed condition is at least as likely as not incurred in or otherwise related to his active service.
- Granted
The Veteran's schizophrenia is found to have started during his military service and the Board grants service connection for this condition.
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