The Board has ordered the case to be remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and VA treatment records. The Veteran's service connection claim for a psychiatric disorder is pending.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further investigation into the Veteran's medical history and relevant records from SSA and VA to determine if new evidence supports reopening his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- temporal lobe epilepsy, an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as bipolar disorder I and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1013102
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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 Board denied the claim for service connection for a seizure disorder, currently diagnosed as temporal lobe epilepsy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered the case back to the AOJ for additional development, including obtaining addendum opinions from a VA examiner regarding whether the Veteran's hypothyroidism, temporal lobe epilepsy, and hypertension are aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The AOJ is also directed to schedule the Veteran for a VA eye examination in accordance with procedures for incarcerated veterans.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for secondary service connection for hypothyroidism, temporal lobe epilepsy, hypertension, and an eye disorder are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board of Veterans' Appeals has remanded the case due to issues related to the timeliness of a substantive appeal for service connection claims secondary to diabetes mellitus. The Veteran's claim will be reviewed again by the RO, and any additional development required will be undertaken.
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