The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and TDIU due to insufficient rationale in previous opinions regarding whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is related to his service-connected left foot disability. The case will be returned for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide a clear opinion on whether the Veteran's current psychiatric disorders are caused or aggravated by his service-connected left foot disability, as required by previous remands.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as major depression)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2022
- Citation
- 22043154
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several claims for further development, including obtaining the Veteran's Social Security Administration (SSA) disability records and readjudicating his service connection claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as major depression) is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, as secondary to service-connected bilateral hearing loss.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as major depression, was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and is not related to his service. The claim for service connection is denied.
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