Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include depression, mood swings, and sleep disorder, as a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error occurred when the AOJ did not provide a VA examination on this issue.
The deciding factor: A VA examination is necessary to determine if any of the listed diagnoses are causally or etiologically related to active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, mood swings, sleep disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017088
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