The Veteran's service connection claims for myotonia congenita and adjustment disorder with depression and anxiety are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The claims involve determining whether the Veteran’s current conditions were aggravated or related to his service-connected unspecified trauma-related disorder, which requires further examination and opinion from a medical professional.
- Claimed conditions
- myotonia congenita, adjustment disorder with depression and anxiety
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19131726
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 a rating higher than 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and remanded the claim for service connection for sleep apnea.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with depression and anxiety prior to October 14, 2015 was denied as the evidence did not show occupational and social impairment with decreased work efficiency or intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for fatigue, migraine, headaches, joint pain, memory loss, adjustment disorder with depression and anxiety, and gastroesophageal reflux disease were denied.
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