The Veteran's claim for service connection of microcytic hyperchromic anemia is remanded to correct a duty to assist error and consider new evidence.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary because the examiner was not afforded an opportunity to provide a direct service connection opinion, nor was this new evidence provided to another examiner for consideration on a theory of direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- microcytic hyperchromic anemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- 25000480
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for microcytic hyperchromic anemia, on a basis other than the PACT Act, has been withdrawn by the Veteran's authorized representative.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding service connection for microcytic hyperchromic anemia, specifically addressing whether it is a congenital disease or defect and considering lay testimony about symptoms during and after service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for microcytic hyperchromic anemia, finding that there is no credible evidence of a current disability related to service or exposure to herbicide agents.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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