Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to obtain the Veteran's complete service records and readjudicate the issues of entitlement to benefits for spina bifida and other covered birth defects.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to an incomplete record, specifically the need to associate the Veteran's complete service treatment records (STRs) and service personnel records (SPRs) with the Appellant's file.
- Claimed conditions
- spina bifida, other covered birth defects
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25013278
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