Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, for a VA examination.
The deciding factor: A predecisional duty to assist error was not corrected by providing an examination or obtaining a medical opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25094149
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