Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to schedule a comprehensive VA mental health examination to determine if the Veteran has any psychiatric disorder caused by his military service.
The deciding factor: The failure to schedule a pre-decisional duty to assist error must be corrected on remand.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, including 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
- A25011275
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