Remanded (sent back)
The Board vacates its August 2024 decision and remands the claim for further development, specifically to obtain an adequate opinion regarding the cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The AOJ is unable to comply with the Board's directive to contact the signer of the Veteran's Certificate of Death, making a vacatur of the August 2024 decision necessary.
- 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
- A25009916
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