The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical examination and opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disabilities, including his major depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not fully address secondary service connection and preexisting disability matters as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability, other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22029904
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, other than PTSD, finding that her symptoms were fully encompassed by her already service-connected PTSD. The Board also remanded the claim for a headache condition to obtain further medical evidence.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability did not manifest in service and was not related to any in-service event, injury, or disease. As a result, the claim for service connection was denied.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD based on the verified stressor involving the USS Pine Island typhoon. The VA examiner's opinion was persuasive, and there is no evidence of PTSD in the medical records.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran meets the criteria for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, other than PTSD. The medical evidence supports a diagnosis of mood disorder and links this condition to his military service.
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