Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for dry eye syndrome due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in that VA did not attempt to obtain identified private medical records.
The deciding factor: Remand is required because VA failed to properly attempt to obtain and associate the Veteran's records from Southern Maryland Ophthalmology with the claims file, constituting a predecisional error in the duty to assist.
- Claimed conditions
- dry eye syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25102687
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