Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right shoulder skin disorder, to include lipoma, and gout due to inadequate VA medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions did not address the Veteran's credible history of in-service exposure to herbicide agents or provide an adequate rationale for their conclusions.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder skin disorder, to include lipoma, gout
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- 25013099
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