The Board has remanded the case due to errors in obtaining relevant medical records and providing an adequate opinion regarding service connection for cause of death. The Veteran's surviving spouse is seeking service connection for cause of death, which requires a showing that the service-connected condition contributed substantially or materially to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The Board found pre-decisional errors in obtaining relevant medical records and providing an adequate opinion regarding service connection for cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- general anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24077066
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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.
- Dismissed
The claim for a higher disability rating for general anxiety disorder is dismissed. The claims of service connection for left hip disorder, hearing loss disorder, intermittent ventricular arrhythmia, and status post appendectomy residuals are granted for readjudication.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically general anxiety disorder, was incurred during his service in the U.S. Army Reserve and is granted service connection.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as general anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder and depression, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to his active duty service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disability is dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review options. The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to migraines due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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