The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for depression/dysthymic disorder and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities, as new evidence was associated with the case file.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to the association of additional VA treatment records and military personnel records with the claims file.
- Claimed conditions
- depression/dysthymic disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19106360
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 disorder, diagnosed as depression/dysthymic disorder, and dismissed the appeal of the claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a dysthymic disorder and right hand osteoarthritis, finding that there was no evidence of current disabilities related to military service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right lower extremity sciatica associated with the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral spine strain, but remanded claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and sleep apnea.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his lung cancer was related to his service-connected melanoma.
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