The Veteran's claims for an increased rating and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations, updated VA treatment records, and SSA disability benefit determinations.
The deciding factor: Additional development is required as there may have been a worsening of the Veteran's condition since her last examination, and relevant contemporaneous medical records are needed to assess current severity.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with panic attacks
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2016
- Citation
- 1613759
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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 major depressive disorder with panic attacks, generalized anxiety disorder, alcohol use disorder and cannabis use disorder but denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and irritable bowel syndrome. The rating for the veteran's migraine headaches was affirmed at 50 percent.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, lumbar spine disorder, right-knee disorder, right-ankle disorder, left-ankle disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus as they were not caused by events or illnesses during active service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her increased rating claims for the listed disabilities and her claim for a TDIU before the Board could make a decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's initial claim for a higher rating for her service-connected major depressive disorder with panic attacks is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining inpatient psychiatric records and assessing her current employment status. The issue of entitlement to TDIU is also raised as part of this increased rating claim.
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