Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and an adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's character of discharge and service connection claims.
The deciding factor: Further development is required to address the inextricably intertwined issue of whether the Veteran's character of discharge constitutes a bar to VA monetary benefits before adjudicating the remaining service connection matters.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and a sleep disorder, Back injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25014380
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