The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically the failure to provide a required examination.
The deciding factor: A medical examination is necessary as there is competent evidence of a current disability and an in-service event that may be related to the Veteran's current condition, but no such examination was provided by the AOJ.
- Claimed conditions
- any acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25053012
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Decisions by this judge: 915 · Granted: 38% (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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