Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including the failure to obtain relevant treatment records and provide adequate VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The Board cannot yet adjudicate the claims due to missing evidence and inadequate medical opinions that do not consider the ameliorative effects of medication in rating musculoskeletal conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, severe with melancholic features, generalized anxiety disorder, somatic system disorder with persistent pain-persistent (previously rated as unspecified depressive disorder), left knee strain, left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25111314
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