The Board has determined that a VA examination is necessary to determine the nature and etiology of any current acquired psychiatric disability found to be present, including obsessive compulsive disorder. The case will be returned for further review after this additional development.
The deciding factor: The examiner must provide an opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not (50% probability or greater) that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities had their onset during service or are otherwise attributable to his active service, including any suicidal gestures noted in service and early manifestations of current disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), depressive disorder, anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2012
- Citation
- 1209591
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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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