Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to ensure that the VA examinations address whether the Veteran's obesity served as an intermediary step, due to service-connected shoulder disability, or any other service-connected disability as inferred by the record.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinion was found inadequate because it did not consider whether a disability of the gallbladder leading up to and necessitating the removal is approximately at least as likely as not due to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- gallbladder removal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010656
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