Remanded (sent back)PACT Act
The Board remands the claims for service connection and special monthly compensation due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically related to toxic exposure risk activities under the PACT Act.
The deciding factor: Adequate TERA opinions are required as the previous ones were conclusory without supporting rationale.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of prostate cancer, Erectile dysfunction as secondary to prostate cancer, Bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, Heart condition, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018270
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