Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, prostate cancer, and degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine due to pre-decisional failures in the duty to assist.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to pre-decisional failures in the duty to assist, including failure to obtain relevant federal records and inadequate examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Prostate cancer, status post prostatectomy, Degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017064
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