Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include alcohol use disorder and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as the November 2022 VA examination opinion is inadequate.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinion that the Veteran's conditions are not related to service is conclusory and fails to address the Veteran's reports of in-service panic attacks and ongoing anxiety, which were exacerbated by his wife's miscarriage and led to alcohol use as a coping mechanism.
- Claimed conditions
- alcohol use disorder, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25011961
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