Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for cause of death and dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) benefits due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the appeal for service connection for cause of death.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the appeal for service connection for cause of death, as the reviewing clinician did not discuss the NAS report in rendering the negative TERA opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- autoimmune hemolytic anemia, sarcoidosis, sepsis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100692
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