Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a lung disability to cure pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: The February 2024 VA examination is inadequate as it did not consider the Veteran's medical history of COPD, and there was a failure to obtain relevant VA treatment records from Vista Imaging.
- Claimed conditions
- lung disability, including shortness of breath
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015464
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