The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA psychiatric examination to determine if the Veteran's current bipolar disorder is related to his service.
The deciding factor: The claim requires further medical evaluation to establish whether the Veteran's current psychiatric condition is linked to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- manic depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0940454
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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.
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