Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining outstanding treatment records and adequate VA medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors in not obtaining relevant treatment records and inadequate medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis in bilateral fingers, arthritis in bilateral toes, chronic fatigue disability, depression, back disability, right hip disability, right knee disability, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, right ankle disability, left ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101839
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