The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to inadequate medical opinions and the need for further examination.
The deciding factor: There are insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's current psychiatric disability, necessitating a new VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- histrionic personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2011
- Citation
- 1105653
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for histrionic personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder due to military sexual trauma has been dismissed because the Veteran's representative withdrew their appeals prior to a decision being made.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including as secondary to service-connected disabilities, is remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and consideration of additional evidence.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their passing away, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this appeal at this time.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including service connection for histrionic personality disorder, PTSD due to military sexual trauma, bipolar disorder, and an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for other specified anxiety disorder with symptoms of depression. The AOJ is instructed to request private treatment records from TCN in Xenia, develop a claim for TDIU, issue a statement of the case regarding the earlier effective date for service connection, and readjudicate the issues considering all evidence added since the June 2018 statement of the case.
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