The Veteran's claim for service connection for a mental disorder is being remanded due to the need for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and an opinion from the June 2012 examiner regarding whether any pre-existing mental disorder was aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: Further examination and review of the medical evidence are required to determine if the Veteran's current mental disorder is related to his military service or not.
- Claimed conditions
- mental disorder (cognitive, psychological, or neurological)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2014
- Citation
- 1416012
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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.
- Granted
The Board found that the Veteran's mental disorder, including PTSD, is related to his service and granted his claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case to the AOJ for initial consideration of new evidence submitted by the Veteran, and the Veteran is requested to waive further AOJ review.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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