Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for unspecified depressive disorder to obtain a more adequate medical opinion addressing whether the condition pre-existed service and, if so, whether it was aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The July 2024 VA examiner failed to properly address the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms and the appropriate standard for rebutting the presumption of soundness. An adequate examination is required on remand.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102308
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