The Board has ordered a remand to obtain an adequate VA opinion regarding whether the Appellant was insane at the time he committed misconduct that led to his undesirable discharge in September 1977. The case will be reconsidered after this development.
The deciding factor: The examiner did not consider the effect of Dalmane abuse contemporaneous with the Appellant's misconduct, which is relevant to determining if medication caused insanity.
- Claimed conditions
- Insanity due to medication
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2016
- Citation
- 1629849
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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.
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