Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death. The appellant, the surviving spouse, will have another opportunity to provide evidence and obtain an etiological opinion.
The deciding factor: The Board identified pre-decisional errors by the AOJ in not obtaining all relevant medical records and an etiological opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25000346
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