Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a neck condition to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to verify stressors for PTSD and provide medical opinions on the etiology of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as adjustment disorder, Cervical spinal stenosis with intervertebral disc syndrome (neck condition)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105283
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