Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and pancreatitis due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring further medical examination.
The deciding factor: Issues are inextricably intertwined as the Veteran's claimed pancreatitis is secondary to his acquired psychiatric disorder, which itself is claimed as secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine disability with bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Pancreatitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094805
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