The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding service connection for alcoholism and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.
The deciding factor: The decision is pending further examination and review of evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- alcoholism, an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2008
- Citation
- 0824722
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's alcoholism is secondary to his service-connected adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise an August 2009 rating decision denying service connection for alcoholism (also claimed as depression) on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE), finding no CUE in the original decision.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection of various psychiatric conditions, including substance abuse condition, alcoholism, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and severe depression.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals regarding service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, hypertension, low back pain, and chronic pain syndrome. The claims were dismissed as premature due to a VA medical opinion being deferred.
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