The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a neck disability, shoulder disabilities, hand disabilities, lower back disability, knee disabilities, psychiatric disorder, sinus headache, carpal tunnel syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, hypertension, and tinnitus, to ensure that VA has satisfied its duty to assist with regard to verifying all periods of service and obtaining medical records associated with the Veteran's service.

The deciding factor: The Board finds that remand is necessary to afford the Veteran VA examinations for the claimed disabilities and to obtain new medical opinions addressing toxic exposure risk activities, as well as other relevant evidence and theories of service connection.

Claimed conditions

neck disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, left hand disability, right hand disability, lower back disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, anxiety, and insomnia, sinus headache, carpal tunnel syndrome of the left upper extremity (claimed as peripheral neuropathy), carpal tunnel syndrome of the right upper extremity (claimed as peripheral neuropathy), peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, hypertension, tinnitus

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 10, 2025

Citation

A25097405

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