The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to his failure to appear for a scheduled videoconference hearing. His claim of entitlement to an increased rating for anxiety disorder with PTSD symptoms and TDIU rating are still pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not attend the previously scheduled videoconference hearing, so it must be rescheduled.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder with PTSD symptoms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2016
- Citation
- 1624824
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's CAD and anxiety disorder with PTSD symptoms have rendered him unable to obtain or maintain gainful employment, resulting in a grant of TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to the need for an adequate opinion regarding his employability based on his service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's anxiety disorder with PTSD symptoms has been rated at 50 percent since January 17, 2006. The rating is based on the criteria for generalized anxiety disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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