The Board has remanded the case due to a need for further examination and opinion regarding the nature and etiology of any diagnosed psychiatric disorder, including unspecified mood disorder and adjustment disorder. The examiner is asked to determine if these conditions are proximately due or caused by service-connected tinnitus.
The deciding factor: A new VA examination is needed to assess whether the Veteran's psychiatric disorders are related to his service-connected tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified mood disorder, adjustment disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19141532
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Decisions by this judge: 2,287 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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