Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including verification of in-service stressors and a VA medical examination.
The deciding factor: The RO failed to make attempts to corroborate the Veteran's reported in-service PTSD stressors concerning the suicides and helicopter crash fatality of fellow servicemen, and did not obtain a VA medical examination to address the nature and etiology of the presently diagnosed PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25088017
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