Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for prostate cancer, hiatal hernia, and umbilical hernia to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to issuing the January 2023 decision on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, hiatal hernia, umbilical hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016319
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