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 Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding whether his disabilities were caused by VA treatment and if so, whether they resulted from carelessness, negligence, or lack of proper skill on the part of VA.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for diabetes mellitus type II, coronary artery disease, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to errors in duty to assist. The claims will be reconsidered after providing proper notice.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Parkinson's disease, dementia, and an acquired psychiatric disorder based on exposure to herbicides during the Veteran's service in Thailand. Accrued benefits are also granted.
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