Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to an inadequate VA medical opinion and a need for additional evidence.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error to obtain an addendum TERA medical opinion containing a thorough rationale, as well as a direct service connection medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110411
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