Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by obtaining an updated TERA Memorandum and a new VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a failure to obtain a complete TERA Memorandum, which renders the May 2024 VA medical opinion inadequate.
- Claimed conditions
- Cause of the Veteran's death
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108182
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