Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to obtain missing VA treatment records and reassess the effective date for service-connected prostate cancer residuals.
The deciding factor: The Board must address a pre-decisional duty to assist error by VA in not obtaining outstanding treatment records from VAMC Shreveport.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001090
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