The Board remands the appeal to obtain additional evidence and a medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence exists to determine if the Veteran's service-connected disability caused or substantially contributed to his death, due to missing STRs and an inadequate private medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety and Depressed Mood
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25048254
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.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not more nearly approximate total occupational and social impairment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for further development, specifically to address the Veteran's capacity to engage in conversation due to his service-connected hearing loss.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, MDD, and adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood due to an inadequate VA examination.
- Partly granted
The claim for service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood was denied because the evidence submitted is not new and relevant. The claim for migraines to include cluster headaches was remanded for further review.
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