Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, depression, cervical cancer, a right knee condition, and a left knee condition due to missing service treatment records and personnel files.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors related to missing service treatment records and military personnel records.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, depression, cervical cancer, left knee condition, right knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25105043
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