Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for residual scar burn reconstructive surgery of anterior and posterior trunk due to a duty-to-assist error regarding obtaining surgical records.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary to obtain the Veteran's surgical records from 1996, which are crucial in deciding her claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residual scar burn reconstructive surgery of anterior and posterior trunk
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095260
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