The Board has ordered additional development due to the need for substantial compliance with its previous remand directives. The case is now being returned to the RO for further review.
The deciding factor: The VA clinicians provided opinions on whether any nonservice-connected ailment, including cardiovascular disability, that had material influence in accelerating death was proximately due to or aggravated by the service-connected generalized anxiety disorder with depression. Additional development is needed as there has not been substantial compliance with the previous remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2012
- Citation
- 1213287
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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.
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