Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for an adequate VA examination and to verify the Veteran's claimed stressors.
The deciding factor: The VA examination was found inadequate due to its failure to address all identified stressors, and a medical opinion was deemed insufficient as it relied on the absence of evidence in service records without proper analysis of lay statements.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, delusional disorder persecutory type, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chronic mental disorder, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mood disorder and depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099523
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