The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to a lack of VA examination, and requests that a medical opinion be provided regarding whether gynecomastia resulted from the prescription of Risperdal/Risperidone for schizophrenia.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a VA medical opinion addressing the Veteran's competency at the time he was prescribed Risperdal is necessary to adjudicate his claim on its merits.
- Claimed conditions
- gynecomastia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20070374
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for pituitary adenoma and its secondary conditions: chronic headache disability, right eye blindness, left eye partial blindness, seizure disorder, hypothyroidism, pituitary insufficiency, gynecomastia, and diabetes insipidus.
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