Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cause of death to verify the nature of the veteran's duty status and obtain his complete service treatment and personnel records.
The deciding factor: A pre-decisional duty to assist error exists as there are no service personnel or treatment records, and an attempt was not made to obtain these records from the Wisconsin Army National Guard or other source.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099486
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