The VA denied service connection for the veteran's psychological disorder and gastrointestinal issues as secondary to coccidioidomycosis. The claim for direct service connection for an acquired psychological disorder was remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran is not service-connected for coccidioidomycosis, a threshold legal requirement for establishing secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychological disorder, gastrointestinal issues
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25003746
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 868 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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