The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development, including obtaining additional service records and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary due to insufficient efforts made in assisting the appellant with obtaining his Army Reserve Records and to determine the relationship of any current psychiatric disorder to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0904419
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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