The Veteran seeks service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD. The VA examiner found that the diagnosed anti-social personality disorder is not an acquired psychiatric disorder but rather a constitutional or developmental abnormality, and did not address whether there was additional disability due to aggravation of this condition by a superimposed disease or injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not adequately address the previous diagnoses of schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar affective disorder in relation to anti-social personality disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute psychotic reaction, Mixed type personality disorder and psychosis associated with drug ingestion, Adjustment reaction, Character and behavior/personality disorders, Antisocial personality disorder, Schizoaffective disorder, Schizophrenia, Bipolar affective disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1729013
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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