The Veteran's claims are being remanded for additional development due to the need for a video conference hearing. The specific issues of rating his right knee disability and adjustment disorder, as well as seeking TDIU status, remain pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested another hearing after the Acting Veterans Law Judge who conducted his previous hearing was no longer employed by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee post-operative residuals, Adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2015
- Citation
- 1538611
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features secondary to a service-connected disability, but remanded the claims for skin and left upper extremity disorders due to insufficient evidence.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the appellant's claim and found that he was insane at the time of his misconduct, thus not barring him from receiving VA benefits. The character of his service is therefore not a bar to VA compensation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records, verifying stressors related to sexual assault by Staff Sgt. E, and scheduling a VA examination.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, depression NOS, adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features, and dysthymic disorder. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to his active military service.
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