The Board has granted service connection for adrenal insufficiency and hypogonadism as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected herniated nucleus pulposus.
The deciding factor: The VA physician provided opinions linking the use of steroid injections and opioids to treat the herniated nucleus pulposus to the development of adrenal insufficiency and hypogonadism, after considering reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- adrenal insufficiency, hypogonadism
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2023
- Citation
- 23052589
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