Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased disability ratings and special monthly compensation based on housebound status due to incomplete development of the record.
The deciding factor: Incomplete development of the record, including missing non-VA treatment records and outdated examinations, necessitates further development before a decision can be made.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Left Shoulder Rotator Cuff Tendonitis, Sprain, and Tenosynovitis, Left Osgood-Schlatter's Syndrome with Sprain, Instability of the Left Knee, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25003260
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