The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disorders, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, neck, back, headache, right ankle, right knee, right shoulder, and right elbow disorders, penile disorder (erectile dysfunction), and sleep apnea, to correct a pre-decisional error by verifying the Veteran's duty status in January 2017 and obtaining additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary due to an inaccurate factual premise regarding the Veteran's duty status during his MVA in January 2017 and insufficient medical evidence linking the claimed disorders to service, with the exception of a potential link between erectile dysfunction and a lumbar spine disorder that has not yet been established as service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (generalized anxiety disorder), Neck disorder, Back disorder, Headache disorder, Right ankle disorder, Right knee disorder, Right shoulder disorder, Right elbow disorder, Penile disorder (erectile dysfunction), Sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095069
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