Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a VA medical examination to determine the nature and etiology of any diagnosed psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
The deciding factor: The failure to provide a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not providing a VA examination that may establish a nexus between the Veteran's current psychiatric diagnosis and his service.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098114
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