The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA or correctional facility psychiatric examination to determine if the veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia, is related to service.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about service connection but rather needed further evaluation to determine the etiology of the claimed condition.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disability, to include schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2016
- Citation
- 1631329
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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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