The Board remands the claims for service connection for intertrigo and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, due to deficiencies in the duty to assist.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports were found inadequate, and there is a need to obtain complete service treatment records, including entrance and separation examinations, as well as to provide proper notice regarding personal assault claims.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), intertrigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25015872
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,135 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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