Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of photophobia to obtain a new VA opinion that adequately addresses its etiology, including whether it is related to the Veteran's active duty or secondary to his service-connected psychiatric condition.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 VA opinion was found inadequate as it did not properly review all evidence of record and no secondary opinion was obtained for a possible link to the Veteran's service-connected mental health condition.
- Claimed conditions
- photophobia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109087
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