The Board remands all claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error, specifically the need to obtain Social Security Administration records and an addendum opinion regarding vertigo.

The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct a duty to assist error by obtaining relevant records from the Social Security Administration and an adequate medical opinion on the Veteran's vertigo claim.

Claimed conditions

depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, left elbow disability, right elbow disability, left foot disability, right foot disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, neck disability to include cervical strain, left wrist disability, right wrist disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, back disability to include lumbar strain, right knee disability, left knee disability, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, vertigo

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

March 10, 2025

Citation

A25021775

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