The Board has remanded the case for further development and adjudication, including obtaining VA treatment records and ensuring proper VCAA notice is provided.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly stated; it's based on the need to comply with previous remand instructions and provide proper VCAA notice.
- Claimed conditions
- delusional disorder, major depression with psychotic features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0618420
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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 granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, insomnia, delusional disorder, mood disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and adjustment disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 15, 2020, for the award of a 100 percent evaluation for delusional disorder but dismissed the claim for an earlier effective date prior to February 26, 2018.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include delusional disorder, anxiety disorder, and psychotic disorder, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by his service-connected conditions, and therefore he cannot be granted service connection for the cause of his death. Additionally, he did not meet the criteria to receive burial benefits as a result of his service-connected disabilities.
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