Our firm recently secured a favorable outcome for our client in a veterans’ disability case involving an acquired psychiatric disorder. The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims agreed to vacate the Board’s denial of our client’s claim for service connection for an unspecified mood disorder. The Court remanded the case back to the Board of Veteran’s Appeals for further review.
The remand was granted because the Board improperly made a medical determination in finding our client’s reports of psychiatric symptoms not credible. The Board is not competent to make findings that require some medical expertise. Rather, the Board must point to medical evidence to support such finding. This failure to substantiate its findings led the Court to require further review.
This ruling ensures that our client will receive a fair reassessment of their claim for service-connected psychiatric disability. Our team is proud to have helped secure this victory and remains dedicated to fighting for veterans’ rights to fair evaluations.
