Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including heart condition, hypertension, diabetes, and foot and arm disabilities, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The AOJ failed to provide necessary VA examinations as required by McLendon v. Nicholson, 20 Vet. App. 79 (2006), which is a pre-decisional duty to assist error that must be corrected upon remand.
- Claimed conditions
- heart condition, claimed as atrial fibrillation with watchman device implanted, high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes mellitus, type 2, right foot disability, claimed as right foot tingling and numbness, left foot disability, claimed as left foot tingling and numbness, left arm disability, claimed as numbness in the left arm and hand, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012146
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