The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder due to inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The March and April 2025 medical opinions are found inadequate as they did not comply with the January 2025 remand directives, including a lack of consideration of the Veteran's lay reports and in-service events.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified anxiety disorder with depressive features, acute stress disorder, unspecified depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2025
- Citation
- 25008059
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
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