Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability, including depression, anxiety, and alcohol use disorder, as the current VA examiner's opinion is found to be inadequate.
The deciding factor: The June 2023 VA medical opinion was deemed insufficient due to an inaccurate factual premise regarding the onset of symptoms during service and did not consider reported experiences adequately.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, anxiety, alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089090
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