Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities for further development, including obtaining new medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate as it did not address all required elements of a secondary service connection claim and there were internal inconsistencies in the provided information.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Unspecified depressive disorder, Other specified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder, Other specified substance use disorder, Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002883
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