The Board has remanded the case for further development and an addendum opinion to address whether schizophrenia with anxiety was present to a disabling degree within one year of the Veteran's honorable service.
The deciding factor: The examiner did not provide an adequate opinion regarding the first-year-post-service presumptive service connection requirement.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22071690
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension and schizophrenia with anxiety, finding that there is no evidence of these conditions in service or within the first year after service. The Veteran's claims were based on his belief that he developed these conditions during service, but the medical records do not support this claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for schizophrenia with anxiety and hypertension due to new VA medical records being added to the file.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease of the bilateral lower extremities, schizophrenia with anxiety, and TDIU due to incomplete STRs and outstanding private treatment records.
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