Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for a VA opinion to clarify the Veteran's psychiatric disabilities and provide an opinion based on correct facts regarding whether any psychiatric disability was related to service. It also remands the claim for sleep apnea due to an inaccurate factual premise in the previous VA examiner's report.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 VA examiner relied on an inaccurate factual premise that the Veteran's substance abuse problem began prior to entry into active service, and the March 2024 VA opinion was based on incorrect service dates.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, Sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25002673
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