The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and possibly another examination to determine the nature, extent, onset, and etiology of any psychiatric disorder found to be present.
The deciding factor: VA is required to provide an adequate examination or notify the claimant why one will not or cannot be provided when developing a service-connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- delusional disorder, jealous/persecutory type, paranoid delusional disorder, delusional disorder, mixed type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0947732
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient rationale in a previous medical opinion regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, schizoaffective disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder with psychotic features, panic disorder with agoraphobia, paranoid delusional disorder, psychotic disorder NOS, and anxiety disorder NOS. The decision is based on the evidence showing that these conditions began during service and are related to his combat-related stressors.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's paranoid delusional disorder and depressive disorder are found to have resulted from military service, thus granting service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his current conditions are not related to his military service.
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