Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death to allow the AOJ to obtain sufficiently rationalized medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence was provided to determine if the service-connected PTSD and/or CAD were a principal or contributory cause of death, or if any listed cause of death manifested during active-duty service, was caused by or aggravated by the service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021248
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