The Veteran's appeal is for a higher initial rating for his service-connected cyclothymic disorder and a TDIU. The Board has determined that further development is needed to determine if the Veteran is unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities, including his cyclothymic disorder.
The deciding factor: The decision requires additional examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's employability given his service-connected disabilities, including his cyclothymic disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- cyclothymic disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2009
- Citation
- 0947358
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's cyclothymic disorder is currently rated as 70 percent disabling, and the Board has determined that this level of impairment does not warrant a higher rating.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for cyclothymic disorder and a TDIU based on the single service-connected disability was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show total occupational or social impairment, nor did it meet the criteria for SMC at the housebound rate.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from January 1, 2017 to October 27, 2017 due to service-connected disabilities. The temporary total evaluation for convalescence was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified bipolar and related disorder with anxious distress, depression, anxiety, and cyclothymic disorder, as a pre-decisional duty to assist error was made.
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