Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues for additional development due to inadequate medical opinions and duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) committed pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors by failing to obtain adequate VA medical opinions addressing the possibilities of secondary aggravation or direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), sinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), disability of the penis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001471
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