Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of depression, anxiety, and PTSD is remanded. The Board needs more information to decide if these conditions are related to the veteran's military service or his service-connected tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address whether the psychiatric disorders were caused or aggravated by the service-connected tinnitus disability.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- 25000845
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