The Veteran's appeal is remanded for a VA examination to determine the current severity of his service-connected adjustment disorder with anxiety.
The deciding factor: The examiner was instructed to evaluate the current severity and manifestations of the Veteran’s adjustment disorder with anxiety, including its impact on occupational and social functioning.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18142339
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for a procedural defect related to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection of adjustment disorder with anxiety.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease and denied an increased rating for adjustment disorder with anxiety, while granting an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety.
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