Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected dermatitis herpetiformis and/or digestive condition.
The deciding factor: The 2022 VA medical opinion is found inadequate as it did not address whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition was due to chronic pain from his service connected disabilities, including medications taken for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016797
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