The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and TDIU due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's psychiatric conditions. The VA examiner is requested to provide an updated opinion considering the Veteran's history of mental health treatment prior to 2015.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the previous medical opinions were based on inaccurate factual premises and did not consider the Veteran's earlier psychiatric history.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2021
- Citation
- 21009059
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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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