Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of the cause of the Veteran's death to obtain additional evidence and a new medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The existing VA examination was found inadequate, and more information is needed to verify the nature of the incident leading to the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25001593
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