The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for an SSOC considering all evidence of record, including his Vocational Rehabilitation folder.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence was added to the file by VA since the last SSOC and must be considered in a new readjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2018
- Citation
- 18112903
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disorder was dismissed because the benefit sought has been granted in full.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than chronic adjustment disorder, with anxiety and depression, left leg disability (claimed as nerve damage), right leg disability (claimed as nerve damage), and chronic headache disorder (claimed as migraines) to obtain additional evidence.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and residual burns, left arm.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, has been granted.
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