The Veteran's anxiety disorder, NOS has been rated at 30 percent since September 4, 2012. The Board is remanding the case to obtain updated treatment records and schedule a VA examination to assess the current severity of his condition.
The deciding factor: There are no recent VA or private medical records available for review to determine if the Veteran's anxiety disorder has worsened to warrant an increased rating.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified (NOS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100037
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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 Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his service-connected anxiety disorder, NOS (claimed as anxiety, mental condition, and sleep disturbances) from December 24, 2012 is dismissed because the February 2020 rating decision was merely implementing the Board's prior award of a higher rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension is currently evaluated as 0 percent disabling, and service connection for anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified (NOS), is granted.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection of tinnitus, residuals of cervical spine fusion, and anxiety disorder NOS due to the Veteran not timely filing a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) on the form prescribed by VA.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for an increased rating for anxiety disorder and TDIU due to the need for a retrospective opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's anxiety disorder throughout the appeal period, as well as referral to VA’s Compensation Service for consideration of whether a TDIU on an extraschedular basis is warranted.
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