The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to allow VA to obtain additional evidence, including private treatment records and line of duty determinations.

The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to missing evidence regarding the Veteran's injuries during active duty for training and inactive duty for training or active duty, as well as to obtain authorization and request private treatment records.

Claimed conditions

traumatic brain injury, dry skin, headache disability (claimed as migraines), eye disability (claimed as myopia), pseudofolliculitis barbae (claimed as shaving bumps), respiratory disability (claimed as asthma), rhinitis, sinusitis, sleep apnea, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, cervical strain with arthritis, right shoulder disability, neurological damage of the right upper extremity, neurological damage of the left upper extremity, heart disability, hypertension (claimed as high blood pressure), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), (residual(s) of) a pulled groin, erectile dysfunction, irritable bowel syndrome, right hip and thigh disability, left hip and thigh disability, neurological damage of the right lower extremity, neurological damage of the left lower extremity, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, disability of the right Achilles, disability of the left Achilles

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 28, 2025

Citation

A25018419

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