The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and a VA psychiatric examination to determine if any pre-existing psychiatric disorder worsened during service.
The deciding factor: The examiner is required to review the veteran's medical history, particularly his pre-service treatment at Lafayette Clinic in 1980 and his Teen Ranch stay until 1982, as well as the service medical records, to determine if any increase in a psychiatric disorder was due to natural progression or aggravation during service.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, to include depression
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2005
- Citation
- 0524323
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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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