Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a traumatic brain injury to acquire an addendum medical opinion assessing secondary service connection due to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: A duty to assist error occurred as the Veteran was not afforded a VA medical opinion assessing the theory of entitlement that his TBI is proximately due to, and or aggravated by, his service-connected PTSD disability.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016961
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