The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining records from Workers' Compensation and VA medical records, as well as a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that further development is necessary to ensure all relevant evidence has been considered in this case.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified, depressive disorder, not otherwise specified, dyssomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1408001
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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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a left knee condition and denied service connection for this condition. The anxiety disorder evaluation is remanded due to incomplete medical records.
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