Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of incontinence as secondary to fibromyalgia is remanded. The Board needs a new medical opinion on the cause of the veteran's incontinence.
The deciding factor: The June 2023 VA examiner's opinion was inadequate because it incorrectly used 'proximate causation' instead of 'but-for causation'.
- Claimed conditions
- incontinence, fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25007075
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