The Veteran seeks service connection for adjustment disorder with anxious and depressed mood, claimed as depression, and impulse control disorder. The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine the nature, extent, onset, and etiology of any psychiatric condition found.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is required to establish whether the Veteran's current psychiatric conditions are related to service, including his treatment for a scalp condition during service.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with anxious and depressed mood, impulse control disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1010309
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with anxious and depressed mood, based on the Veteran's in-service stressors during his active military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim for a VA examination to determine the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, as the prior examinations were not conducted in his home state and he was unable to attend them.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for his acquired psychiatric disorder has been withdrawn by the Veteran, and thus the appeal is dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to warrant readjudication of the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability. The issues of bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, bilateral lung disability, bilateral eye disability, dental disability, sinus disability, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, and bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are also remanded due to potential VA duty-to-assist errors.
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