The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and further analysis of his mental health condition.
The deciding factor: The decision requires an additional examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder with depressed mood, which affects both his rating claim and TDIU application.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2023
- Citation
- A23027723
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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.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 10, 2022, for service connection for chronic adjustment disorder with depressed mood due to a misleading notification from VA.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and irritable bowel syndrome under the PACT Act. The Veteran was also granted a 20% disability rating for patellofemoral pain syndrome in both knees and a 70% initial disability rating for chronic adjustment disorder with depressed mood.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 60 percent rating for papulosquamous skin disorders not listed elsewhere with pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) from September 27, 2016, but denied a higher rating. The Board also granted a 50 percent rating for chronic adjustment disorder with depressed mood prior to June 4, 2018, and denied a higher rating thereafter.
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