The Board remands the claim for an addendum opinion to properly address secondary service connection pursuant to Spicer v. McDonough, 61 F.4th 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2023).
The deciding factor: The October 2025 VA examiner utilized an incorrect standard of proof for secondary service connection and did not adhere to the September 2025 remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- erectile dysfunction (claimed as impotency)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- 25014348
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 793 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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