The Board has remanded the appeals for additional development to obtain missing service records and Social Security Administration records, as these could provide relevant information about the Veteran's employment history and disability benefits.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional evidence from the Veteran's service records and Social Security Administration records to clarify her employment status and disability benefits claims.
- Claimed conditions
- dysthymia with major depression, neurocognitive disorder due to cerebellar ataxia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23057179
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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 the case for additional development, including obtaining private psychiatric treatment records and scheduling an additional VA examination to evaluate the severity of the Veteran's right wrist disability. The issues include determining if the Veteran is entitled to a higher rating for her dysthymia with major depression, neurocognitive disorder due to cerebellar ataxia, and right wrist disability.
- Granted
The VA granted the veteran's claim for an increased rating of 30 percent for dysthymia with major depression, effective January 7, 1997.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for the appellant's service-connected atypical psychosis, dysthymia with major depression, effective from January 27, 1986.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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