The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to secondary service connection being raised by his testimony. The AOJ must arrange VA examinations to consider both direct and secondary service connection, including assessing whether any current conditions are related to active duty service or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran testified that ship conditions caused him injuries resulting in current disabilities, which he believes is related to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disability. The Board notes this raises the possibility of secondary service connection for all claims listed on the title page.
- Claimed conditions
- headache disability, neck pain disability, degenerative lumbar disc disease disability, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) disability, neuropathy of the left upper extremity disability, neuropathy of the right upper extremity disability, neuropathy of the left lower extremity disability, neuropathy of the right lower extremity disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2023
- Citation
- 23011675
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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