Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, as it requires a new etiology opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's previous opinion was inadequate due to lack of rationale and failure to address aggravation by tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, anxiety
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25106979
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