Remanded (sent back)PACT Act
The Board remands the claim for service connection for atrial fibrillation to obtain a medical opinion under the PACT Act regarding the possibility of a nexus between the claimed disability and in-service exposure to toxins.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct an error in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty, specifically the PACT Act, which requires VA to provide a TERA medical opinion when a veteran's service subjected them to participation in a toxic exposure risk activity (TERA).
- Claimed conditions
- atrial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25110099
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