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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,456 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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