Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a higher rating for major depressive disorder to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically to obtain SSA disability records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the Veteran's SSA disability records.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder associated with lumbar strain with disc protrusion, spondylosis, and spondylolisthesis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091007
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