Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for alopecia areata as due to the Veteran's service-connected thyroid disability, effective March 23, 2023.
The deciding factor: The February 2023 VA examination and opinion attributed the Veteran's alopecia areata to her Graves' disease (a now-service-connected thyroid disability), triggering VA's duty to provide a medical examination and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- alopecia areata
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25085631
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