The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, ADHD, and personality disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinions did not adequately address how the Veteran's psychiatric disorders related to his service or service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety and Depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Personality Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25053773
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.
- Granted
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, finding that the evidence supports occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas due to symptoms such as suicidal ideation, impaired impulse control, grossly inappropriate behavior, and intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a personality disorder and remanded claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and obstructive sleep apnea.
- Denied
The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent and 70 percent for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, depressive disorder, trauma and stressor related disorder, personality disorder, alcohol use disorder, and cannabis use disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for the AOJ to correct several pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including obtaining private psychiatric treatment records and SSA disability/SSI benefit records.
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