The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disability is being remanded for additional development, including a VA psychiatric examination and social and industrial survey.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine the impact of the Veteran's service-connected schizoaffective disorder on his ability to obtain and retain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2015
- Citation
- 1547494
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type) and denied service connection for PTSD, severe memory loss, and migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type) with panic disorder and insomnia was granted, effective from May 8, 2020. The decision is based on the merits of the case without any presumption or reopening due to new evidence.
- Granted
The Board granted a 100 percent rating for the Veteran's schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type) due to persistent psychiatric symptoms that resulted in total occupational and social impairment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for the VA to obtain additional medical records and provide the Veteran with another opportunity to submit information regarding his employment history during the period of January 29, 2010, to March 5, 2019.
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