Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of PTSD is remanded. The VA needs to obtain more records from Camp Lejeune and verify classified stressors.
The deciding factor: The Board did not discuss whether the VA satisfied its duty to assist by completing all steps necessary to obtain the correct records from Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disability, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25000064
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