The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include insomnia, for further development of evidence and a more thorough medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The January 2024 VA opinion's rationale was found inadequate due to its focus on temporal requirements that do not apply in secondary service connection cases based on causation. Additionally, the AOJ did not obtain an opinion addressing whether the Veteran's current psychiatric condition is related to his in-service hardship discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- Insomnia, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Adjustment Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093537
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