The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining a VA addendum opinion and providing VCAA notice regarding secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder may be caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities (tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, hemorrhoids, fecal leakage, and head laceration scar), considered in combination. The non-PTSD psychiatric disorder is presumed to have existed prior to service entrance.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder other than posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2013
- Citation
- 1332031
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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 withdrew the appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury diagnosed as TBI was granted. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD was remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, to include schizophrenia. The Regional Office is instructed to obtain private treatment records from various providers and readjudicate the cases.
- Granted
The Board's decision denying service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD was vacated due to the expiration of the 60-day period provided to submit additional evidence.
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