Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a new VA examination that fully addresses and considers the Veteran's lay assertions and any private or VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: The March 2024 VA examiner failed to adequately address the Veteran's reported in-service symptoms and the August 2021 private DBQ diagnosis of PTSD, leading to a remand for a new examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder, Other specified depressive disorder with anxious distress, Depressive episode with insufficient symptoms, with cannabis use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015672
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