Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for HIV related illness and legal blindness due to a failure of the RO to comply with prior remand directives.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary to obtain the CVs of the appropriate examiners and reconcile contradictory medical evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's HIV, as well as to address potential toxic exposure claims under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- HIV related illness (human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), including any associated immune), Legal blindness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2025
- Citation
- 25003890
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