The Board has remanded the case for further development to determine if the veteran currently has a dissociative disorder and whether it is related to service, including his parachute accident in 1961.
The deciding factor: Further examination and clarification of the veteran's current diagnosis and its relation to service are needed.
- Claimed conditions
- dissociative disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0622483
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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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