The Board has ordered additional development of the record, including a VA psychiatric examination to determine if the veteran's current psychiatric and organic brain disabilities impair his ability to perform necessary daily personal care activities.
The deciding factor: The conflicting clinical observations as to the veteran's current psychiatric capacity to perform his activities of daily living require further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disabilities, organic brain disabilities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0031688
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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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