The Board has determined that the Veteran's personality disorder claim was not properly withdrawn and dismissed, leaving it pending before the Board. The issue now is whether the current diagnosis of schizophrenia can be characterized as superimposed on his in-service diagnosed personality disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner needs to determine if the current diagnosis of schizophrenia is more likely than not a result of the in-service personality disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability, to include schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2021
- Citation
- 21015315
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability. The right shoulder disability and acquired psychiatric disorder issues are remanded due to lack of a VA examination, while the special monthly pension issue is inextricably intertwined with these other issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate development of evidence, specifically a lack of VA examination. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability is pending.
- Partly granted
The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include schizophrenia. However, the Veteran's glaucoma was not found to be related to his active service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the evidence submitted since the April 1986 rating decision is not new and material, and therefore the veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include schizophrenia, remains denied.
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