The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct an error in VA's pre-decisional duty to assist.
The deciding factor: The claim must be remanded due to a lack of credible supporting evidence regarding the Veteran's reported stressors and to obtain updated medical records and an updated examination.
- Claimed conditions
- mild neurocognitive impairment with behavioral disturbances, unspecified trauma-and stressor-related disorder, other specified insomnia disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25045532
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.
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