Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The AOJ failed to verify the nature of the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors and did not provide a VA examination to determine the etiology of any current acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25010980
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