The Board has remanded several issues for further development and examination, including service connection claims for various psychiatric disorders, hypertension, substance abuse, Meniere’s disease, hearing loss, impotence, and special monthly compensation.
The deciding factor: The appeal is remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and evaluations to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions and their relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of gonorrhea, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar spectrum, and sleep disturbance)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20058032
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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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