The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral arthritis of the hands, fibromyalgia, and coronary artery disease due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to correct several pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining outstanding service treatment records, uploading a legible copy of the Veteran's military personnel records, procuring relevant Social Security Administration (SSA) records, and obtaining adequate VA medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral arthritis of the hands, fibromyalgia, coronary artery disease (CAD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094440
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