The Veteran's claim for service connection for drug addiction as secondary to impulse control disorder was denied because he failed to report for a scheduled VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not provide good cause for failing to appear for the scheduled VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- drug addiction, impulse control disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2017
- Citation
- 1737970
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