Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left foot condition, back condition, and tinnitus due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: VA had not complied with its duty to assist the appellant by failing to obtain or attempt to obtain a VA examination for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot condition, back condition, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101916
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