The Board has remanded the case for a VA medical examination to determine if the appellant was insane at the time of misconduct leading to his discharge.
The deciding factor: The examiner must review the claims file and assess whether the appellant exhibited prolonged deviation from normal behavior, interfered with societal peace, or became antisocial due to disease during the AWOL period.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric symptoms, Suicidal ideation
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18141565
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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.
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