Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to obtain additional medical records from a private psychiatrist and other relevant providers.
The deciding factor: The AOJ failed to make reasonable efforts to obtain potentially relevant private treatment records, which is a pre-decisional duty to assist error under AMA procedures.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100088
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