The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination. The Veteran's claims of service connection for cold weather injuries to his hands, feet, and an acquired psychiatric condition are being reviewed.
The deciding factor: The claims were remanded due to outstanding evidence and need for medical opinions regarding the etiology of the conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- cold weather injury to the hands, cold weather injury to the feet, acquired psychiatric condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18115515
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric condition. The claim will be reconsidered with a medical opinion.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection for acquired psychiatric condition and secondary service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome by way of obesity have been withdrawn. The Board has granted the secondary service connection claim.
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