Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for entitlement to service connection for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and sleep disturbance, as secondary to a service-connected disability, due to an inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The May 2023 VA examiner's opinion is inadequate because it did not address both the 'caused by' and 'aggravation' avenues of secondary service connection associated with the Veteran's MDD with anxious distress and sleep disturbance.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder (MDD) with anxious distress and sleep disturbance
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25012266
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