The Board remands the claim for service connection for bipolar mood disorder to obtain additional evidence, including treatment records and personnel records.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence of an in-service injury or disease, and the RO has not obtained relevant medical and personnel records necessary to adjudicate the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar mood disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0809802
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Decisions by this judge: 684 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the case to determine if the Veteran had a service-connected disability at the time of discharge, which would have justified her discharge.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including bipolar mood disorder, depression, and anxiety, as these conditions are found to have been incurred during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and consideration of his mental health treatment records.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, and therefore service connection cannot be established.
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