The Board has found sufficient evidence to establish that the Veteran experienced a personal assault during service, and thus remands for an addendum opinion regarding her diagnosed psychiatric disorders.
The deciding factor: The examiner must opine whether each diagnosed disorder is at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's report of an in-service personal assault (MST).
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, major depressive disorder, anxiety, depression
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21026660
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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.
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