The Veteran is currently rated at 70 percent for Tourette's syndrome and adjustment disorder with anxious and depressed mood, effective August 25, 2017. The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding his current level of disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not provide sufficient evidence to determine if the Veteran’s condition warranted a higher rating based on his current symptoms and functioning.
- Claimed conditions
- Tourette's syndrome, adjustment disorder with anxious and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2018
- Citation
- 18131384
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's neurological disorders, diagnosed as Tourette's syndrome and Parkinsonism, are granted service connection due to in-service exposure to fuels, exhaust fumes, asbestos, anti-corrosive chemicals, and industrial strength cleaning solutions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining outstanding VA and private medical records, verifying a claimed in-service stressor, and scheduling VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with anxious and depressed mood, based on the Veteran's in-service stressors during his active military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for Tourette's syndrome, finding that the condition was diagnosed during the Veteran’s military service and resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the claimant.
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