Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, major depressive disorder, anxiety, hearing loss, and a degenerative spine condition due to VA's failure to obtain relevant records from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and its failure to properly schedule examinations.
The deciding factor: VA failed to make necessary requests for SSA records and did not sufficiently attempt to reschedule Veteran's missed examinations due to his homelessness and lack of transportation, resulting in a duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Major depressive disorder (MDD), Anxiety, Hearing loss, Degenerative spine condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25087991
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