Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a stomach disorder, HTN, and a heart condition due to the need for additional evidence.
The deciding factor: The June 2025 VA medical opinion was found inadequate as it did not address both causation and aggravation in relation to the Veteran's service-connected hearing loss and tinnitus. The claims are intertwined with each other and must be readjudicated together.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as insomnia/anxiety/depression), Stomach disorder (claimed as GERD), Hypertension (HTN), Heart condition (claimed as atrial fibrillation (AFIB))
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107112
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