The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include other specified anxiety disorder and/or adjustment disorder with mixed anxious and depressed mood, due to a need for additional evidence.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain outstanding private treatment records from Princess Ann Medical Associates from January 2000 to April 2023, including pre-January 2022 records.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder with mixed anxious and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25024806
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 Board denied the Veteran's attempts to appeal a rating decision from September 13, 2022, that denied higher ratings for other specified anxiety disorder and sinusitis due to untimeliness of the appeals.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a new VA examination to ensure all mental health conditions are considered.
- Dismissed
The veteran has withdrawn the appeal for all service connection claims.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions and denied increased ratings for existing disabilities, as the evidence did not support a finding of service connection or an increase in severity.
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