Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not affording the Veteran an opportunity for an in-person examination and inadequate opinions regarding direct, secondary, and TERA theories of entitlement.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the AOJ erred in not affording the Veteran an opportunity for an in-person VA examination and that the October 2023 VA examiner's opinion was inadequate due to reliance on an absence of records and failure to discuss relevant service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021421
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