Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for the 100 percent rating for lung cancer to include asbestosis, interstitial pneumonitis, and emphysema due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that there is a need to obtain outstanding private treatment records related to the diagnosis and treatment of the Veteran's lung disability prior to the April 2024 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer, asbestosis, interstitial pneumonitis, emphysema
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020520
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