Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a respiratory disorder and kidney cancer to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the September 2023 decision on appeal.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided were found inadequate due to their failure to adequately address the Veteran's conceded exposures and other relevant factors, necessitating further development of the record.
- Claimed conditions
- Respiratory disorder, to include asthma, emphysema, and COPD, Kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017335
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