The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to his failure to report to a scheduled VA examination and the unique circumstances of his case, including chronic homelessness.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to attend the previously ordered VA examination, which is required by VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- severe mental depression, mental illness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2024
- Citation
- 24017670
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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 due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, and will need to obtain an addendum opinion from an examiner of appropriate expertise to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric condition.
- Dismissed
The claim for revision of a February 2013 rating decision based on CUE is dismissed as the rating decision is not final. The May 2014 rating decision that continued the previous denial of service connection for a mental illness, on the basis of CUE, is remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric condition to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error, requiring a VA examination.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for mental illness was denied due to a failure to timely file a substantive appeal after receiving the October 2019 Statement of the Case (SOC).
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