Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death to obtain additional medical opinions. The Veteran's death certificate indicated suicide by asphyxiation, with contributory factors including prior suicide attempts, suicidal ideations, PTSD, and ADHD.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that a pre-decisional duty to assist error occurred, warranting a remand for an addendum VA medical opinion addressing all theories of entitlement and evidence of record.
- Claimed conditions
- primary insomnia, left shoulder bicipital tendonitis, right hip tensor fascia lata and iliotibial band syndrome, left hip tensor fascia lata and iliotibial band syndrome, left knee patellofemoral syndrome and shin splints, right shin splints, tinnitus, right hip, limitation of internal rotation, left hip, limitation of rotation, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005340
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