The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records from SSA and Navy personnel files. The Veteran's service connection claim will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.
The deciding factor: Additional relevant records are needed to determine if a preexisting psychiatric disorder underwent an increase in disability during service or is otherwise etiologically related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder to include schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2009
- Citation
- 0926878
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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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