Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a heart condition, back disability, nodes in lungs, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and sleep disorder to obtain additional evidence.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to predecisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate TERA opinions and failure to obtain direct service connection opinions where appropriate.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart condition, Back disability, diagnosed as lumbar injury L4-L5 with left leg radiculopathy, Nodes in lungs, Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, Sleep disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109060
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