Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to insufficient evidence to evaluate the claims adequately.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and medical opinions obtained prior to the rating decision on appeal are inadequate, and the other evidence of record is insufficient to support the Veteran's claims. The AOJ had a duty to assist by attempting to obtain the Veteran's SSA records but failed to do so.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), hypothyroidism, hair loss, eczema and lichen sclerosus, human papillomavirus (HPV) and vulva dysplasia, neurological signs or symptoms, claimed as inability to talk, read, vision impairment, and inability to use hand and arm, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with agoraphobia, panic attacks, and obsessive compulsive disorder, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, claimed as anxiety and sleep disturbances, migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108757
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