The Board remands the claims for service connection for lower urinary tract symptoms, erectile dysfunction, vertigo, and psoriatic arthritis to correct pre-decisional errors in the VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The March 2024 VA opinions are inadequate as they do not fully address the Veteran's participation in toxic exposure risk activities during active service and fail to consider all potential exposures. The Board finds that an opinion considering whether service connection on a direct basis is warranted, including due to herbicide exposure, is necessary.
- Claimed conditions
- lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), erectile dysfunction, vertigo, psoriatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010258
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