The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of an adequate statement of reasons or bases for the decision. The Veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for his 70 percent rating for persistent depressive disorder (PDD) based on an arrest and incarceration in December 2017.
The deciding factor: The Board found that evidence supporting the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date was not provided, necessitating a remand to obtain such evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent depressive disorder (PDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2024
- Citation
- 24032009
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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 Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, hemorrhoids, or migraine headaches. Service connection was also denied for various conditions including PTSD, PDD, SSD, GAD, irritable bowel syndrome, dyspnea, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and abdominal pain syndrome.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for persistent depressive disorder (PDD) as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus type II, blindness, and hearing loss.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection and higher ratings for spinal stenosis, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and persistent depressive disorder (PDD). An effective date of June 30, 2011 was granted for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for persistent depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder to obtain a medical opinion regarding their etiology.
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