Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a medical opinion that considers all relevant evidence, including the Veteran's lay statements and contemporaneous service treatment records.
The deciding factor: The private consultant's opinion did not consider sufficient facts or data, specifically missing contemporaneous service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, Generalized anxiety disorder, Major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008785
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