The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing the Veteran with VCAA notice regarding his claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include a personality disorder. The case will be evaluated after all requested actions are completed.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that there is insufficient evidence to determine whether the Veteran's current psychiatric condition is aggravated by his service-connected hernia disability without resort to speculation.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, mood disorder, not otherwise specified, personality disorder, not otherwise specified
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1024940
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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
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