Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for recurrent major depressive disorder with anxious distress to include alcohol use disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: A pre-decisional duty to assist error occurred as VA failed to make further efforts to reschedule the Veteran's examination after he provided good cause for not attending the initial appointment.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent major depressive disorder, moderate with anxious distress to include alcohol use disorder (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25085610
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