Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for an independent medical opinion to determine if additional disability, claimed as opioid withdrawal symptoms, opioid dependence, and opioid addiction, was proximately caused by VA treatment.
The deciding factor: The case concerns a medically complex question regarding whether the Veteran has additional disability due to VA treatment, which requires an independent medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- opioid withdrawal symptoms, opioid dependence, opioid addiction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25002141
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