Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for higher ratings and special monthly compensation due to duty-to-assist errors, including missing VA treatment records and failure to respond to requests for information regarding VA examiners.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors related to obtaining relevant VA treatment records and responding to the Veteran's attorney's request for examiner qualifications.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury, right foot frostbite, residuals of cold injury, left foot frostbite
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097843
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