The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient examination and verification of in-service stressor. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, including Antisocial Personality Disorder, Opioid use Disorder (heroin), Stimulant use Disorder (cocaine), and Unspecified Depressive Disorder, are under review.
The deciding factor: The Board found the VA examination report insufficient to decide the claims due to its failure to address whether the personality disorder was subject to a superimposed disease that resulted in additional disability. The stressor verification is also pending.
- Claimed conditions
- Antisocial Personality Disorder, Opioid use Disorder (heroin), Stimulant use Disorder (cocaine), Unspecified Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2018
- Citation
- 18104110
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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
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected mental disorders are granted a disability rating of 70 percent, but no higher.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, unspecified depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder, and cocaine use disorder due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
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