Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, and major depressive disorder, for a new VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The March 2022 and April 2024 VA medical opinions are found inadequate due to lack of rationale and failure to address the Veteran's lay statements regarding his motor vehicle accident during service and subsequent mental health-related symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, Major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090613
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