Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to a lack of proper notification and scheduling of VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors by scheduling the Veteran for VA examinations and making appropriate efforts to contact and confirm the appointments with him.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, low back pain, right lower extremity sciatic nerve pain (also claimed as right leg numbness), left knee pain, right knee pain, bilateral shin splints, left ankle pain, right ankle pain, bilateral flat feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019330
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