Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a new VA examination with adequate etiological opinions.
The deciding factor: The October 2019 and April 2024 VA examiners' opinions are inadequate as they do not provide adequate rationale, address all pertinent facts of record, or provide an aggravation opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25109864
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