Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of an earlier effective date for service connection, a higher initial rating, and service connection for scars due to herbicide exposure for further development.
The deciding factor: The AOJ committed pre-decisional duty to assist errors that require correction before meaningful review can occur.
- Claimed conditions
- urinary incontinence, overactive bladder associated with herbicide exposure, scars also claimed as due to herbicide exposure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106620
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