Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include adjustment disorder and PTSD, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the adequacy of the VA examination.
The deciding factor: The VA opinion is inadequate because it did not address the Veteran's lay contentions and rejected them solely based on a lack of notation or treatment in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25086020
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