The Board remands the matter to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the December 2023 medical opinion is inadequate and fails to address relevant evidence that corroborates the Veteran's lay reports of her symptoms.
The deciding factor: The December 2023 medical opinion is inadequate because it does not address relevant evidence that corroborates the Veteran's lay reports of her symptoms, specifically a February 25, 2022 service treatment record showing a history of mental health care and noting that the Veteran had completed therapy with one specialist and would set up an appointment with another.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018368
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