Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for headaches and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, sleep disorder, and alcohol use disorder, due to a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary as there was a duty to assist error in the prior VA examination regarding the Veteran's headaches and no verification of his reported stressor for PTSD has been attempted.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, sleep disorder, and alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084648
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