Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a higher initial rating for PTSD and an earlier effective date for SMC, as it did not have the authority to decide these matters before the deadline for requesting an AMA docket switch has elapsed.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors in obtaining relevant SSA records.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098503
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