Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for schizophrenia as secondary to unspecified anxiety disorder and a compensable rating for unspecified anxiety disorder due to an error in failing to obtain a clarifying medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The evidence suggests a possible connection between the Veteran's psychiatric diagnoses, necessitating a clarifying medical opinion before adjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094535
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