The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete VA treatment records, and the AOJ is required to obtain and associate these records with the Veteran's file.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the AOJ had not completed a directive from its previous January 2020 remand order to ensure VA complied with obtaining updated clinical records of any VA evaluations or treatment received by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- panic disorder with generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22017406
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's panic disorder with generalized anxiety disorder is rated at 70 percent since April 22, 2009. The rating period prior to that date remains unchanged.
- Denied
The veteran's claims for increased ratings for her service-connected thoracolumbar spine disability and panic disorder with generalized anxiety disorder were denied as the evidence did not support higher ratings.
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