Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the potential service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, specifically focusing on the roles of PTSD and CAD in aggravating other conditions that contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for addendum medical opinions addressing the potential causation and aggravation by service-connected conditions of the underlying/contributory causes of the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure (CHF), end stage renal disease, coronary artery disease (CAD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), prostate cancer, CAD-associated surgical scars, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2025
- Citation
- 25004282
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