Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding VA's obligation to obtain relevant records from the Social Security Administration.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain any outstanding SSA records as per VA's duty to assist.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability, Pulmonary embolism, Bilateral hearing loss, Cholecystitis, Eyelid disability, to include drooping eyelids, Glaucoma, Enlarged prostate, Kidney disability, Hypertension, Obstructive sleep apnea, Vertigo, Skin disability, to include dermatitis, Right shoulder disability, Left shoulder disability, Right elbow disability, Left elbow disability, Right wrist disability, Left wrist disability, Right ankle disability, Left ankle disability, Left foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25108158
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