Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for drug abuse, including as secondary to unspecified mood disorder, for further development and readjudication.
The deciding factor: The AOJ did not issue a Supplemental Statement of the Case after completing development of evidence related to this claim, as required by the Board's previous remand instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- drug abuse
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2025
- Citation
- 25003685
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