Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of the Veteran's death due to a need for a medical opinion on the relationship between his service-connected chronic prostatitis and atrial flutter.
The deciding factor: The Board found a pre-decisional duty to assist error for failure to secure a medical opinion that reconciles these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic prostatitis, atrial flutter
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007656
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