The Board granted service connection for psoriasis with psoriatic arthritis, anxiety disorder with insomnia as secondary to psoriatic arthritis, and migraine headache disability as secondary to anxiety disorder.
The deciding factor: The private examiner's opinion supported the nexus between the Veteran's current conditions and his active service, while VA examiners also provided supportive opinions linking the psychiatric condition and headaches to the service-connected skin condition.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriasis with psoriatic arthritis, anxiety disorder with insomnia, migraine headache disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25058786
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for psoriasis with psoriatic arthritis, to include as due to claimed PCB exposure, for further development and an addendum opinion.
- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection of various conditions as they were premature, and denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and a migraine headache disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted ratings of 30 percent for the left and right knee disabilities, 40 percent for the right shoulder disability, and 30 percent for the left shoulder, back, migraine headache, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) disabilities as of February 22, 2022.
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