Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for anemia and anxiety to obtain adequate medical opinions, as the existing VA examiner's opinions are deemed inadequate due to reliance on a lack of post-service treatment records.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the December 2023 VA medical opinions are inadequate because they rely solely on a lack of medical documentation for their negative nexus opinions, which is not permissible under Federal Circuit law.
- Claimed conditions
- anemia, anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020609
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