Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a respiratory condition prior to August 5, 2021, as an adequate medical opinion is not available.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinion was deemed inadequate due to failure to consider lay statements and ignore relevant in-service symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory condition, sinusitis, rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25003412
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