Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of an increased rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder, service connection for tremors and erectile dysfunction as secondary to PTSD with MDD, and special monthly compensation due to a need for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to secure outstanding relevant treatment records from the psychiatrist who completed the September 2023 PTSD DBQ.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with major depressive disorder, tremors of the bilateral upper and lower extremities (secondary to PTSD with MDD), erectile dysfunction (secondary to PTSD with MDD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087633
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