Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection for PTSD and other psychiatric disorders because the VA did not adequately develop the evidence regarding the veteran's claimed stressors.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the AOJ committed a pre-decisional duty to assist error by failing to further develop the Veteran's claim by attempting to obtain records to corroborate the Veteran's claimed stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25004188
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