Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the case to obtain Social Security Administration (SSA) records that may be relevant to the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of his mental health disorders.
The deciding factor: The Board needs to obtain SSA records that could be relevant to the intertwined symptoms of the Veteran's TBI and mental health diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with mixed depressed, anxious mood and insomnia associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25000542
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