Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for additional development, including obtaining retrospective medical opinions to determine the severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions during specific periods.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence in the record to rate the severity of the Veteran's PTSD and coronary artery disease for certain periods; need for a retrospective opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with persistent major depressive episodes and agoraphobia with insomnia disorder, Coronary artery disease (previously claimed as scarring around the heart)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25003181
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