The Veteran's appeal is remanded for an adequate psychiatric examination, to obtain treatment records, and to develop the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not adequately discuss the Veteran's history of disability and provided no rationale for their opinion regarding occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2015
- Citation
- 1550074
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected chronic adjustment disorder, residuals of foot injury with inability to flex toes, right knee injury with laxity, and residuals right hand injury including flexion deformities fourth and fifth digits. The Board found that these service-connected conditions caused or aggravated the Veteran's obesity, which in turn caused his sleep apnea.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, chronic adjustment disorder, depressive disorder, PTSD, and anxiety disorders, are etiologically related to service. As such, the claim for service connection is granted.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is granted an effective date of March 1, 2019 for the award of a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA). The TDIU was awarded due to service-connected disabilities preventing the Veteran from securing or following substantially gainful employment. DEA benefits were granted as part of this decision.
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