Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability to obtain additional medical opinions that address whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused or aggravated his major depressive disorder with anxious distress.
The deciding factor: The April 2024 and June 2024 VA opinions are found inadequate due to a lack of thorough medical analysis, and the Board must ensure compliance with the January 2021 Joint Motion for Partial Remand (JMPR).
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability, also claimed as anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25003344
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