The Veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including major depression, manic depressive disorder, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, a personality disorder, and a psychosis, is being remanded due to the need for additional development regarding secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: Additional medical opinions are needed to address whether any diagnosed psychiatric disorders are related to the Veteran's service-connected right wrist disability or incurred during her active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- major depression, manic depressive disorder, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, psychosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2013
- Citation
- 1332787
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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