The Board remanded the claim for service connection of generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder, to include as secondary to a service-connected disability. The Veteran will undergo further examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the medical opinions of record were inadequate and could not be used to deny the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25002505
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 34% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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