Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically regarding an examination to determine if the Veteran's cause of death was related to his service-connected PTSD and conceded exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: The AOJ failed to obtain a VA medical opinion and examination to determine if the Veteran's cause of death was related to his service-connected PTSD without which it committed a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- Cause of death
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093723
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