The Board remands the matter for an additional opinion regarding whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability preexisted his active duty service and, if so, whether it was aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The addendum opinion is required due to internal inconsistencies in the previous examination report.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability, unspecified personality disorder, Intermittent explosive disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25004163
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 916 · Granted: 40% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from April 16, 2014, to June 25, 2025, due to his service-connected psychiatric conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability related to the Veteran's active duty service.
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