Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include stress disorder, PTSD, or mental health disorders, due to a need for further evidence and medical opinion.
The deciding factor: Further evidence is needed to corroborate the in-service sexual assault stressor and establish a link between the claimed condition and service.
- Claimed conditions
- stress disorder, PTSD, mental health disorders
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106272
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