Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for fatty liver as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with alcohol use disorder, but remanded the claim for cervical strain due to a need for an adequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence persuasively demonstrated that the Veteran's fatty liver was caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD with alcohol use disorder. However, the Board found the July 2024 VA nexus opinion inadequate and remanded the cervical strain claim to obtain a more thorough medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- fatty liver, cervical strain (claimed as neck strain)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095836
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