Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient information to verify the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors, and there are potentially outstanding STRs that need to be obtained.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and anxiety, Erectile dysfunction (secondary to an acquired psychiatric disorder), Right ankle condition, Carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper extremity, Carpal tunnel syndrome, right upper extremity, Bilateral shin splints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018264
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