The case is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and addressing the Veteran's claim of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to a service-connected disability. The issues are inextricably intertwined.
The deciding factor: The appeal involves multiple claims that are interrelated and require further development to ensure all relevant evidence is considered.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1606655
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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: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal of the July 1980 rating decision, finding that it did not commit an error in failing to adjudicate a claim for service connection for 'delayed stress reaction.' The July 1980 rating decision was found to be final and correct as applied at the time.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied reopening of service connection for schizophrenia, PTSD, and depressive reaction due to lack of new and material evidence.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person or by reason of being housebound due to his service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not show that he required A&A or was permanently confined to his home.
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