Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include as secondary to service-connected tinnitus, for a fully adequate VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The RO made a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error by failing to provide the Veteran with a fully adequate VA medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017093
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