Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA mental disorders examination to properly adjudicate the contentions with regard to a finding of a nexus between the Veteran's diagnosed major depressive disorder and insomnia with the circumstances of his military service.
The deciding factor: The January 2020 and May 2023 VA examinations are inadequate as they rely on uncorroborated stressors in rendering their respective diagnoses of PTSD, which is invalid for VA purposes. The claim should be further remanded to consider the Veteran's properly diagnosed psychiatric disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, insomnia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25003150
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