Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for recognition of the Veteran's sons, V. and L., as 'helpless children' due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding SSA records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain pertinent SSA records that may be relevant to the present VA claim.
- 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
- A25009700
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