The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development regarding his ratings for a depressed mood disorder and total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that further evidence is needed to fully evaluate the Veteran's claims, including police reports related to his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressed Mood Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2021
- Citation
- 21004728
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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: Granted
An effective date of January 8, 2007, is granted for the award of service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders. The case needs further development, including a new VA examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development, including obtaining medical records and clarifying diagnoses.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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