Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for shortness of breath due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 VA examiner's opinion is deemed inadequate as it did not address a private treatment record diagnosing dyspnea on exertion and failed to consider whether the Veteran's complaints are related to her service-connected stable angina or constitute undiagnosed illness due to toxic exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- shortness of breath (claimed as dyspnea on exertion)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102460
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