The Board is remanding the claim for reassessment of service connection for a psychiatric disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The RO did not account for the Veteran's two requests to withdraw his claim, which led to an adjudication that should have been avoided.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25056030
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination to assess the appellant's mental state leading up to his discharge from service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for allergic rhinitis and a 20 percent rating for right sciatic radiculopathy, but denied higher ratings for left sciatic radiculopathy, chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), service connection for chronic sinusitis, pain of the right knee, bilateral hearing loss, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted an initial rating of 70 percent for acquired psychiatric disabilities, to include chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and insomnia disorder, effective October 16, 2023.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, claimed as anxiety and depression, was dismissed due to the grant of service connection for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
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