Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of PTSD and other psychiatric disorders due to insufficient evidence corroborating in-service stressors.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's in-service personal assault has not yet been corroborated, necessitating further development.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD), other specified anxiety disorder, other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, anxious distress with persistent major depressive episodes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25007920
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