The Board has decided to remand the case for a VA opinion regarding whether the Veteran's March 18, 2014 symptoms were likely manifestations of a panic attack.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for an additional medical opinion to determine if the Veteran’s atypical chest pain was due to a panic attack.
- Claimed conditions
- Atypical chest pain, Panic attack
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19175251
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's psychiatric disability was not caused by VA care, treatment, or examination. The proximate cause of his additional disability was attributed to personality issues and poor human interaction.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for tension headaches, atypical chest pain, and generalized anxiety disorder with social phobia. The evidence does not support a finding of current disabilities related to these conditions that began during military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that it is at least as likely as not incurred in service due to noise exposure. The veteran's claims of hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy with non-specific T-wave changes have been withdrawn by the appellant.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's multiple disabilities do not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes based on his service-connected conditions, as they are not of sufficient severity to render him permanently unemployable.
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