Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance due to duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The AOJ did not fully satisfy its duty to assist by attempting to obtain morning reports from the Veteran's unit, which could verify his claimed in-service stressor event.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096056
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