The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include dissociative identity disorder, due to a need for additional development of the record and a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to the AOJ's failure to properly develop the record regarding private treatment records from McLeod Loris Community Hospital and the inadequacy of the March 2021 VA examination report in addressing the Veteran's claimed in-service harassment by a superior officer.
- Claimed conditions
- dissociative identity disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25039610
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Decisions by this judge: 1,990 · Granted: 35% (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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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Denied
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