Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter to obtain a TERA opinion and relevant treatment records as part of the duty to assist.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors related to obtaining necessary medical opinions and evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, anticoagulation, chronic atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, biventricular permanent pacemaker (PPM)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25103060
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