Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in obtaining adequate VA examinations and medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The May 2021 and June 2021 VA medical opinions are found inadequate as they relied on the absence of treatment records during and after service, failed to consider lay statements, and did not provide a thorough rationale for their conclusions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, Back condition (lumbosacral strain), Diabetes mellitus type II, Erectile dysfunction, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012174
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