Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct an error by the AOJ and to obtain relevant private records.
The deciding factor: The record is ambiguous regarding the timing of symptom onset, and there is significant overlap in symptoms associated with substance abuse and mental health diagnoses, necessitating a remand to obtain additional treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Recurrent depressive disorder, Unspecified anxiety disorder, Alcohol use disorder, Cocaine abuse
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25021046
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