The Board has determined that additional evidentiary development is necessary prior to the readjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including depressive disorder NOS, and a low back disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations provided by the examiner were inadequate as they did not address all aspects of the Veteran's claimed conditions throughout the appeals period and failed to reconcile their findings with prior opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive Disorder NOS, Borderline Personality Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2012
- Citation
- 1218733
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for borderline personality disorder and a psychiatric disorder other than borderline personality disorder, to include major depressive disorder (MDD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as the evidence did not support that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
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