The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a personality disorder. The claim is now reopened, but further development is required before it can be evaluated on its merits.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted since the last denial of the claim, allowing the Board to reopen the case.
- Claimed conditions
- personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2003
- Citation
- 0305767
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a new VA examination to ensure all mental health conditions are considered.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for an additional examination to confirm all diagnoses of current psychiatric disorders and obtain etiology opinions that consider the Veteran's personality disorder.
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