The Board remands the claim for an unspecified neurocognitive disorder to be evaluated by a new VA examination and to obtain an Individual Exposure Record (ILER) due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The February 2025 VA medical opinion was found inadequate as it did not provide supporting rationale, an opinion for direct service connection, or an opinion on whether the condition was aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. Additionally, there is a need to obtain an ILER and evaluate potential toxic exposure risk activity (TERA).
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified neurocognitive disorder, cognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021164
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