The Board has determined that the Veteran's heart disease with heart attack and anxiety and depressive disorder do not meet the criteria for service connection or increased ratings, respectively. The claims are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish a direct link between the Veteran’s current conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disease with heart attack, anxiety and depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2020
- Citation
- 20081945
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.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, anxiety and depressive disorder, is dismissed because the December 2022 Board decision granted service connection based on the same evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for his psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.
- Denied
The veteran's anxiety and depressive disorder are not productive of occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, to warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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