Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a more adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death, COPD.
The deciding factor: The VA opinion was found inadequate due to lack of rationale and failure to address certain service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- COPD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097767
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