The Board has remanded the claims for increased ratings and TDIU due to incomplete or insufficient evidence, including a retrospective opinion on the severity of the Veteran's mental health symptoms.
The deciding factor: Incomplete or insufficient evidence was found, particularly regarding the retrospective opinion on the severity of the Veteran's disability throughout the period on appeal from April 1985.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder type I, other specified trauma and stressor disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2024
- Citation
- 24000779
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 258 · Granted: 30% (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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's psychiatric disabilities, variously diagnosed as other specified trauma and stressor disorder and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted an earlier effective date of June 1, 1996, for the grant of service connection for other specified trauma and stressor disorder.
- Granted
The Board grants the appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically other specified trauma and stressor disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include other specified trauma and stressor disorder, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.
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