Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by the AOJ.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the AOJ failed to conduct sufficient development to attempt to verify the Veteran's assertions regarding his in-service exposures, including exposure to herbicides and other chemicals.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, disability affecting the right carotid artery, disorder manifested by poor circulation in the bilateral lower extremities, type II diabetes mellitus, left lower extremity neuropathy, right lower extremity neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101628
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