The Veteran's claims for a higher rating for his service-connected adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, as well as his TDIU claim, are being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and an updated VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for more recent medical evidence and an updated evaluation of the Veteran's condition.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19187709
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, but denied an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis. The claim for service connection for a liver condition was remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise the March 2011 rating decision that granted service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, on the grounds of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for chronic frontal/ethmoid sinusitis, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The other claims were denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to provide notice of the right to a hearing.
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