Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder to afford the Veteran a VA examination with etiological opinions regarding both direct and secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The AOJ committed a duty-to-assist error in failing to provide a VA examination to assess the nature and etiology of the claimed disability, as the evidence indicates that the disability may be associated with an in-service event or another service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091978
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