The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, due to inadequate VA examination and missing private treatment records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain additional evidence and provide a more adequate medical opinion addressing the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102005
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Decisions by this judge: 713 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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