The Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding whether his service-connected lumbosacral strain and diabetes alternatively aggravate any current psychiatric disorders.
The deciding factor: Additional medical opinions are needed to determine if the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, even if not causing, alternatively aggravate any current psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2014
- Citation
- 1435538
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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
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