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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2013
- Citation
- 1342133
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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.
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- 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.
- 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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