The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further consideration of his claims, including service connection for parkinsonism and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The current rating of 50 percent does not fully account for the Veteran’s symptoms, which include intermittent passive suicidal ideations and anxiety. The evidence shows reduced reliability and productivity but no deficiencies in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20032198
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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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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder with anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder, based on the Veteran's in-service experiences of mistreatment and a bank robbery.
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