Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues to the VA for further action. The Veteran's claims are not granted or denied at this time.
The deciding factor: The VA failed to address challenges to the competence of examiners prior to making decisions on the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye condition, light sensitivity, depth perception with dizziness/clumsiness, difficulty holding things, syphilis, hair loss as secondary to syphilis, pain in bones with arthritis (feet, arms, legs, hands, and wrists), degenerative joint and disc disease of the lumbar spine, left lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy, right lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007621
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