Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded the claims for sleep apnea and chronic kidney disease due to duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: The May 2025 private medical opinion provided a favorable nexus between the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and his military service, while the VA medical opinions for sleep apnea and chronic kidney disease were found inadequate due to failure to address relevant evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Sleep apnea, Chronic kidney disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109816
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