Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of cannabis use disorder with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type as secondary to a service-connected disability of the low back due to an alleged duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Additional medical opinion is needed regarding whether the Veteran's substance abuse and schizoaffective disorders were caused by or aggravated by his service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- cannabis use disorder with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017711
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