The Veteran's service-connected psychotic disorder is being reviewed to determine if it contributed to his death, which was caused by end stage Alzheimer's disease.
The deciding factor: The clinician will assess whether the Veteran's psychotic disorder contributed to or aggravated other conditions that led to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21061576
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 715 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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