The Veteran's mental health condition is being remanded for additional development due to the need for an opinion regarding whether his service-connected disabilities have caused or aggravated his acquired psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The examiner failed to address the second element of secondary service connection, specifically aggravation, and thus it is necessary to remand the Veteran's claim for additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22029898
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition is related to active service and the claim for this condition is granted. The bladder condition claim is remanded as a VA examination is needed.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a TDIU was denied in an April 2022 rating decision. The effective date of the TDIU award is November 29, 2023.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the claims for service connection due to lack of active-duty service and because the appellant did not achieve veteran status. The psychiatric condition claim was withdrawn, and the spinal injury claim is denied.
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