Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychological disability to include PTSD for a VA psychiatric examination with a psychologist or psychiatrist.
The deciding factor: The failure to provide a VA psychiatrist or psychologist's opinion is a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, MDD
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105440
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