Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for Dependency and Indemnity compensation (DIC) based on service connection for the Veteran's cause of death due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary because no VA examiner has provided an adequate causal linkage opinion using the proper legal standard, making the current VA opinion inadequate.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25009647
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