Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the case to obtain a retrospective VA medical opinion on the severity of the veteran's chronic sinusitis.
The deciding factor: The RO did not provide an additional VA examination prior to adjudicating the claim, which was a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25008085
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