Remanded (sent back)PACT Act
The Board remands the service connection claims for bladder cancer, hypertension, anxiety, depression, and erectile dysfunction due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error regarding herbicide exposure in Korea.
The deciding factor: The failure to request information about the Veteran's unit location during his service in Korea was a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error that needs correction.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder cancer, Hypertension, Anxiety, Depression, Erectile dysfunction (ED)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25019886
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