Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for chronic cough due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the VA medical opinions were based on an inaccurate premise.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion and addendum VA medical opinion are not adequate because they failed to consider that for Persian Gulf Veterans, service connection can be awarded for an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic cough
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108359
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