Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back condition, right big toe condition (gout), and hemorrhoids to obtain additional medical opinions regarding their relationship to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The negative nexus opinions provided by VA examiners were found inadequate as they failed to address whether the conditions were aggravated by the service-connected psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- back condition, right big toe condition, to include gout, hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107122
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