The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include unspecified anxiety disorder with depressed mood due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The July 2024 VA examination is found to be based on an inaccurate factual premise and is deemed inadequate to resolve the issue on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder with depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25044050
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,677 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded claims for service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and TDIU.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder, borderline personality disorder, and anxiety disorder with depressed mood was dismissed as the appeal is not about service connection at all.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's depressive disorder is at least in equipoise with service connection, and therefore grants her claim for service connection as secondary to her service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has expanded the issue to include all acquired psychiatric disabilities and is remanding the case for further development, including a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric disorders.
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