The Board has denied service connection for a prostate condition and remanded the claim of service connection for a psychiatric condition, to include as secondary to service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no direct etiological relationship between the Veteran's diagnosed conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate condition, Psychiatric condition (depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2021
- Citation
- 21008802
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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
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the Appellant during its pendency.
- Denied
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