Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions due to an error in failing to develop the claim to consider the Veteran's assertions of toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) during his active service.
The deciding factor: The failure to develop the claim to consider the Veteran's assertions of TERA is an AOJ error in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty (PACT Act), which might have a reasonable possibility of aiding the substantiation of the Veteran's claim and requires correction on remand.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of acute myeloid leukemia, squamous cell carcinoma, diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, hypertension, fatty liver, left lower extremity atrophy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098529
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