Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim to correct errors in assisting the veteran, including investigating chemical exposures and obtaining medical records.
The deciding factor: The Board found pre-decisional duty to assist errors in failing to obtain private treatment records and investigate in-service exposures.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic colitis, infectious gastroentitis, septic shock and multi-organ failure, rheumatoid arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25001927
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