Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is remanded due to incomplete research on potential herbicide exposure and missing mental health records.
The deciding factor: Remand required to fully comply with previous Board instructions regarding herbicide exposure research and obtain outstanding mental health records.
- Claimed conditions
- Myocardial infarction, Kidney failure, High blood pressure
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- 25014128
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