The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate reasons and bases in its previous denial of service connection for schizophrenia with anxiety. The Veteran should be afforded a VA examination to address whether his current disability had onset during his honorable period of service or within the first year following that period, and if it is causally related to his honorable service.
The deciding factor: The Board found inadequate reasons and bases in its previous denial of service connection for schizophrenia with anxiety due to failure to provide adequate reasons on whether a VA examination was warranted to address onset during the Veteran's honorable service or within the first year following that period, and causality to his honorable service.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21063014
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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.
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