The veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection and assignment of an initial 100 percent rating for a schizoaffective bipolar disorder. The Board has remanded the case to allow for further development.
The deciding factor: The claim involves determining whether an earlier effective date can be granted for the veteran's service connection and rating decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2004
- Citation
- 0423924
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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.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's schizoaffective bipolar disorder is related to his active military service and grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the case to the RO for scheduling a travel board hearing at the Providence, Rhode Island, Regional Office. The Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder will be considered after the hearing.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection and a 100% rating for schizoaffective bipolar disorder was denied. The earliest possible effective date is August 10, 2000, which is when he filed his reopened application.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date and a higher rating for his schizoaffective bipolar disorder, assigning it a 100% rating effective August 10, 2000.
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