The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including depression, anxiety, chronic sleep impairment, and mild memory loss, is being remanded due to the need for additional development of his medical records and a new opinion regarding the etiology of these conditions.
The deciding factor: Additional relevant service treatment records were received after the initial decision, necessitating reconsideration de novo. The Veteran's claim requires further examination to determine if his acquired psychiatric disabilities are related to service or secondary to his service-connected ASHD.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, anxiety, chronic sleep impairment, mild memory loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19106516
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
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