The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating and service connection due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including missing VA treatment records and unfulfilled examination requests.

The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors and obtain medical examinations to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed disabilities.

Claimed conditions

status-post avulsion fracture, left shoulder, acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, erectile dysfunction, claimed as a penile condition secondary to an acquired psychiatric disorder, hearing loss, heart condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, low back condition, respiratory disability, including a lung condition, right shoulder condition, status-post right dorsal wrist mass, skin condition

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 6, 2025

Citation

A25096925

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