Remanded (sent back)
The claims for service connection for an arthritis disability and a cold injury residual disability, other than arthritis, are remanded due to the need for additional medical examination by a medical doctor.
The deciding factor: The April 2025 opinion was deemed inadequate as it was not provided by the requested medical personnel, thus failing to comply with Board remand instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis disability, to include as caused by cold exposure, cold injury residual disability, other than arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- 25013501
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