Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of HIV to obtain an adequate addendum opinion regarding its relationship to in-service sexual assault or activities.
The deciding factor: The September 2024 medical opinion is inadequate as it does not address documented sexual activities/assault postdating the Veteran's December 1996 HIV test.
- Claimed conditions
- HIV
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085357
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