Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death to obtain SSA records.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on a pre-decisional error in not obtaining SSA records, which are necessary to determine the appropriate effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085035
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