Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for further development to verify the Veteran's dates of service and obtain an addendum medical opinion.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to verify the Veteran's period of service at the time of his December 2016 diagnosis, as well as to address the required prong of aggravation in the October 2019 VA medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracic aortic aneurysm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25094013
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