The Board remands the claim for service connection for schizophrenia disorder due to a predecisional duty to assist error, specifically the failure to obtain an adequate medical examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary as the AOJ committed a predecisional duty to assist error by failing to obtain an adequate medical examination and opinion concerning the Veteran's claimed schizophrenia. The Board finds that VA's duty to assist necessitates obtaining a medical examination and opinion concerning the nature and etiology of the Veteran's diagnosed schizophrenia disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109159
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