Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for further development, including obtaining a new medical nexus opinion and addressing potential exposure to herbicides and asbestos.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the need to address duty to assist errors and obtain additional evidence regarding service connection for the Veteran's cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- Septic shock, Acute hypoxic respiratory failure, Acute kidney injury, Acute encephalopathy, Multiple myeloma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107205
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