Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is needed due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disabilities and their potential etiology during service.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adjustment disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103680
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