The Veteran's service-connected mental health disability, chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, is currently rated at 50 percent. The Board has decided to remand the case for further evaluation due to a lack of recent treatment records and possible increase in severity since the last examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a hearing before the Board but withdrew it after receiving notice of a rescheduled hearing. The VA mental disorders examiner found that reexamination is needed given the amount of time since the last examination and the possibility of an increase in severity.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22064354
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychomotor epilepsy with brain mass, effective October 25, 2021.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for a rating in excess of 30 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood due to withdrawal by the Veteran's representative.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination to assess the appellant's mental state leading up to his discharge from service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood but denied service connection for vertigo as secondary to tinnitus.
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