The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for alcohol hallucinosis and an increased rating for skin disability due to further development.
The deciding factor: The claims were previously remanded by the Board, requiring additional development before a final decision can be made.
- Claimed conditions
- alcohol hallucinosis during withdrawal, alcohol dependence, polysubstance dependence by history, nervous disorder/depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2018
- Citation
- 1805929
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for alcohol dependence and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, both secondary to service-connected conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for alcohol dependence, finding no current disability. The remaining issues are remanded for further development.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent evaluation of service-connected PTSD, alcohol dependence, and depressive disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA examination, and now requires a new examination to determine if any of the claimed conditions meet or have met the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for PTSD, anxiety, and alcohol dependence.
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