Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, diabetes mellitus II, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to other service-connected conditions due to a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 VA medical opinions are inadequate because they do not address the appropriate theories of entitlement or the aggravation prong of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Headaches, Diabetes Mellitus II, Erectile Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25085838
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