Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error related to obtaining community care records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to VA's failure to obtain relevant community care records that were in its possession prior to the decision on appeal, as required by 38 C.F.R. § 3.159(c)(3) and Sullivan v. McDonald, 815 F.3d 786 (Fed. Cir. 2016).
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease (CAD), diabetes mellitus type II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104421
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