Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable rating for chronic rhinitis due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring rescheduling of a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to report to scheduled VA examinations without good cause, and adjudicating his claim prior to these examinations constitutes a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25011913
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