Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives and inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain prison medical records and an adequate medical opinion that considers the Veteran's lay statements.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip disorder, left hip disorder, bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, prostate disorder, traumatic brain injury (TBI), psychiatric disorder, claimed as anxiety condition, right leg disorder, left leg disorder, right eye vision loss, left eye vision loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25014882
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