The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including an impulse control disorder. The claim of secondary drug addiction is remanded to obtain a VA examination and determine if the current condition was caused or aggravated by the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current drug addiction may be considered secondary to his service-connected impulse control disorder due to aggravation during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Impulse Control Disorder, Bipolar Disorder NOS, Depressive Disorder NOS
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2016
- Citation
- 1639812
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found a pre-decisional duty to assist error and remands the case for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder(s).
- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of November 3, 2010, for the award of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD.
- Denied
The Veteran is denied an effective date prior to January 27, 2020 for the award of service connection for PTSD and related psychiatric conditions.
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