The Board remands the claim for service connection for an unspecified psychiatric disorder to correct a duty to assist error, specifically regarding the acquisition of private mental health treatment records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a failure by the AOJ to obtain relevant private medical records that were identified by the Veteran during the October 2021 VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25054878
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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