The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining service personnel records and a psychiatric examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current psychiatric disorder may have had its onset in service or is otherwise related to an in-service disease or injury. The examiner should also express an opinion as to whether any behavioral disorders during service represent an earlier manifestation of the current psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Bipolar II disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2018
- Citation
- 1820056
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD, are related to his in-service stressors and the Board has granted service connection for these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied a higher disability rating for PTSD and has remanded the issue of entitlement to TDIU.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's back condition, left knee strain, right knee strain, PTSD, Bipolar II disorder, and alcohol use disorder. It also denied entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU). However, it remanded the issue of an initial compensable rating for seborrheic dermatitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for PTSD due to the lack of verified in-service stressors. The Veteran's claims for major depressive disorder and bipolar II disorder are remanded as new evidence was submitted within one year of previous denials.
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