The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA and SSA records, as well as a new psychiatric examination. The issues of service connection for acquired psychiatric disability and back disability are considered 'mixed' due to reopening on new evidence.
The deciding factor: The appeal is remanded for further development to obtain relevant medical records and for an updated opinion regarding the Veteran's current diagnoses and their relation to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability, Back disability, specifically rhomboid muscle strain/spasm
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2015
- Citation
- 1549656
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