The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records and a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to the need for additional medical evidence and further review of the record by a VA examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous breakdown
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2013
- Citation
- 1342133
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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.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for nervous breakdown and an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as depression with suicidal thoughts) due to a violation of claims processing rules.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, nervous breakdown, and a heart disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. §1151 were denied as there was no additional disability or aggravation caused by VA care, and the events did not meet the criteria for a claim under 38 U.S.C. §1151.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his lack of service-connected disabilities.
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