Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and service connection due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including quantifying the ameliorative effects of medication on the Veteran's left hip conditions and addressing the Veteran's lay evidence regarding his psychiatric symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip Trochanteric pain syndrome, limitation of flexion, left hip Trochanteric pain syndrome, limitation of abduction, left hip Trochanteric pain syndrome (includes trochanteric bursitis), limitation of extension, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include insomnia and PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25092281
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