Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional VA treatment records from 1974 to 2023.
The deciding factor: Remand due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not attempting to obtain all relevant VA treatment records prior to 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, tinnitus, right ankle tendinosis status post right distal fibula fracture
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100017
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