The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and arranging for any necessary VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to fully evaluate the Veteran's claims for service connection for his diagnosed psychiatric disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- organic mental disorder, mood disorder not otherwise specified with depression and possible bipolar disorder type II, mild brain dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2012
- Citation
- 1207219
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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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inextricably intertwined claim for TDIU, and the Veteran submitted a VA Form 9 indicating disagreement with the denial of this claim. The case is now returned to the RO for issuance of a Statement of the Case.
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