Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial disability rating higher than 70 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct duty-to-assist errors, including the failure to obtain complete service treatment records and a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: The October 2020 VA examination is inadequate due to the lack of review of all relevant medical records, and there are overlapping symptoms that cannot be clearly attributed to either the service-connected or non-service-connected diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010322
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