Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for cause of death to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder, including side effects from medications used to treat it, caused or contributed substantially to his intracranial hemorrhage and subsequent death.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not adequately address the appellant's theory that the service-connected GAD led to frequent falls due to medication side effects, which ultimately caused the Veteran's intracranial hemorrhage.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100661
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