Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the February 2023 Rating Decision.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to determine the etiology of each claimed psychiatric disorder and whether any pre-existing conditions were aggravated in service.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depression, PTSD, cannabis use disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018092
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