Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the claim for an in-person psychiatric examination to address the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disability.
The deciding factor: A new VA examination is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the previous examiner suggested an in-person examination and did not address all relevant private treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097852
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