Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, including whether it is related to service or secondary to a service-connected lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not obtaining a VA examination or opinion on direct service connection for the psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109203
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