The Board remanded the veteran's claims for a higher initial rating and an earlier effective date for TDIU due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence of record insufficient to adjudicate the proper rating and effective date without a retrospective medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25002839
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 352 · Granted: 37% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression.
- Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, was incurred during his period of active service. Service connection is granted for this condition prior to February 24, 2023.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression and posttraumatic stress disorder is granted, with an evaluation of 50 percent effective December 5, 2019.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's hypertension is granted as service connected. The Board has remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to insufficient evidence.
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