The Veteran's claim for service connection and increased rating for her psychiatric conditions is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination.
The deciding factor: The decision requires a new VA examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder and other specified anxiety disorder due to MST, as well as any loss of use of a creative organ.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified anxiety disorder due to medical condition and MST, depression/mood disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2024
- Citation
- 24002472
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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.
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