The Board remands the claim for service connection of a mental condition due to the need for an updated VA examination and consideration of lay statements.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional evidence and a thorough re-evaluation of the Veteran's mental health condition.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with anxiety, depressed mood, and insomnia, suicidal ideations, depressive episode
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- 25002701
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 910 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for a compensable rating for headaches, an increased rating for PTSD and obstructive sleep apnea with asthma, as well as denied service connection for various conditions including allergies, bronchiectasis, nasal polyps, nausea, severe anxiety, severe depression, sexual dysfunction, suicidal ideations, and vertigo.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a mental condition, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence to establish a link between the claimed conditions and service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no in-service incurrence or nexus relating his claimed disability to his active military service.
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