The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling the Veteran for a VA examination to assess his Tourette's syndrome and chronic adjustment disorder secondary to Tourette's syndrome.
The deciding factor: The current evidence of record is insufficient to make a determination on the Veteran's claims without further development.
- Claimed conditions
- Tourette's syndrome, chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2014
- Citation
- 1401234
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's neurological disorders, diagnosed as Tourette's syndrome and Parkinsonism, are granted service connection due to in-service exposure to fuels, exhaust fumes, asbestos, anti-corrosive chemicals, and industrial strength cleaning solutions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety as the evidence showed that the symptoms were not severe enough to impact occupational and social functioning or require medication.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining outstanding VA and private medical records, verifying a claimed in-service stressor, and scheduling VA examinations.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety, as the evidence did not show functional impairment comparable to occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
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