Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with depressed mood and blackouts, as well as a TDIU, to obtain further medical evidence to differentiate between symptoms attributable to service-connected PTSD and nonservice-connected psychiatric conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions in the claim file are contradictory, and no opinion has distinguished between symptomatology associated with nonservice-connected medical and psychiatric disabilities versus that associated with service-connected PTSD with depressed mood and blackouts.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with depressed mood and blackouts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25021627
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