The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for ADHD to schedule a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error, as no examiner has opined on whether the Veteran's ADHD is a defect or disease and its relationship with his service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055271
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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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct pre-decisional errors and obtain a new medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for an effective date earlier than February 9, 2022, for service connection of OSTSRD. The earliest possible effective date is the date of the veteran's Intent to File.
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