The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 70 percent for other specified and trauma and stressor related disorder with unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress due to a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to correct a duty to assist error regarding missing treatment records from a Vet Center that may contain relevant information about the Veteran's psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified and trauma and stressor related disorder with unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25025057
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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