Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to address the timeliness of a Notice of Disagreement regarding May 2016 and July 2016 rating decisions denying service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety and PTSD.
The deciding factor: The August 2025 written correspondence and formal NOD were found to be valid, but the AOJ must still adjudicate whether they constitute a valid Notice of Disagreement placing the 2016 rating decisions in appellate status.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25013002
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