Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD due to MST to correct a duty to assist error related to an inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The July 2022 VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate, and an addendum opinion is needed to address the etiology of any psychiatric condition diagnosed on examination in relation to the Veteran's in-service MST or other incidents during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma (MST)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016954
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