Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to an inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The March 2025 VA examination was deemed inadequate as it did not address and reconcile the Veteran's contemporaneously reported mental health symptoms, leading to a need for a new examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103937
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