The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial compensable disability rating for gastritis with duodenitis and service connection for a left thumb condition, lumbar spine condition, and breast cancer and female reproductive health conditions due to inadequate evidence and failure to ensure VA fulfilled its duty to assist in obtaining private treatment records.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary because the Board failed to adequately address the evidence of record and provide an adequate statement of reasons and bases addressing whether the Veteran would be more appropriately rated under an alternative diagnostic code, as well as due to inadequate medical opinions regarding service connection for various conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastritis with Duodenitis, Lumbar Spine Condition, Left Thumb Condition, Breast Cancer and Female Reproductive Health Conditions (including chronic pelvic pain and uterine fibroids)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25014268
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