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
- mixed anxiety and depressive disorder, unspecified insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25033718
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,188 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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