The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a video-conference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran should be scheduled for a video-conference hearing to address his claims due to the change in VLJ conducting the May 2011 Travel Board hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- paranoid schizophrenic reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2013
- Citation
- 1330845
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development and consideration of his claims, including the issue of a rating higher than 50 percent for service-connected paranoid schizophrenic reaction prior to June 13, 2014, and the claim for TDIU prior to that date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and additional VA treatment records, as well as further development of his TDIU claim.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenic reaction more closely approximates occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, warranting a 50 percent rating for the entire claim/appeal period.
- Denied
The veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenic reaction is currently rated at 10 percent, effective September 30, 2002. The claim for a higher rating was denied.
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