Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for schizoaffective disorder to ensure proper notice and a new VA psychiatric examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to the Veteran's failure to report for scheduled examinations without good cause, necessitating a new examination to determine the current nature and severity of his service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104468
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