Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a back disability to schedule an examination that addresses whether the Veteran's service-connected PTSD caused obesity, which in turn aggravated the back disability.
The deciding factor: The March 2023 VA medical opinion was found inadequate as it did not address whether the Veteran's reported weight gain was caused by, aggravated by, or would not have occurred but for his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009240
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