Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to obtain the Veteran's updated, private mental health records from the Arizona Department of Corrections. The VA must make reasonable efforts to secure these records.
The deciding factor: The VA failed to secure a complete record upon which to decide this claim, constituting a duty to assist error by the AOJ.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25000662
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