The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for personality disorder due to incomplete compliance with previous remand directives.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not address whether the Veteran's personality disorder was subject to, or aggravated by, his service-connected anxiety disorder and tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20068850
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Decisions by this judge: 1,812 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 20068850.
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 acquired psychiatric condition, including personality disorder and PTSD, is granted as service connected. The Board found the evidence sufficient to grant service connection due to a qualifying event in service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD and depression, finding that his symptoms are adequately accounted for by his existing diagnoses of PTSD and major depressive disorder.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions have been denied as new and relevant evidence has not been submitted to warrant readjudication.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, ADHD, and personality disorder, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to his military service.
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