The Board remands the claim for service connection for unspecified insomnia and mixed anxiety and depressive disorder due to an insufficient rationale in the previous VA opinion.
The deciding factor: The September 2023 VA opinion is found to be inadequate as it relied primarily on a purported lack of continued notations within the Veteran's service treatment records, which did not properly consider the Veteran's specific allegations regarding her in-service experiences and current symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified insomnia, mixed anxiety and depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25033718
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board dismissed the appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) and remanded several issues related to increased ratings for various disabilities.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for multiple conditions and denied higher initial ratings for several service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to mixed anxiety and depressive disorder, which was linked directly to his military service.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for mixed anxiety and depressive disorder prior to January 24, 2025, and a 100 percent disability rating from January 24, 2025, onward.
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