Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of alcohol use disorder to correct an AOJ error in failing to adjudicate a secondary service connection claim.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 VA examination report reasonably raised a claim of secondary service connection for alcohol use disorder, and the AOJ should have addressed this issue but did not.
- Claimed conditions
- alcohol use disorder (claimed as alcohol addiction)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099543
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