The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining recent VA treatment records and adjudicating newly raised claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: The reduction of the rating assigned to the Veteran's anxiety disorder was based on a finding by an October 2011 VA examiner that the majority of his psychiatric symptomatology was associated with a nonservice-connected depressive disorder. The remand is necessary to ensure all relevant evidence has been considered and to adjudicate newly raised claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, not otherwise specified
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2013
- Citation
- 1340198
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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
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