Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for back condition, eye (vision), left knee condition, right knee condition, acquired psychiatric disorder, neck condition, and tension headaches due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain medical examinations and opinions addressing the Veteran's competent lay statements regarding his symptoms from service.
- Claimed conditions
- back condition, eye (vision), left knee condition, right knee condition, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and sleep disturbances, neck condition, tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25012260
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