Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a psychiatric disability as further evidence and examination are needed to properly assess the current severity and manifestations of the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The February 2017 and July 2023 VA examinations are incomplete, and the Veteran's reported symptomatology requires further clarification before it can be considered in rating the disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disability (adjustment disorder with depressed mood, unspecified depressive disorder, anxiety, other specified depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, mood disorder with depressive features)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016375
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