Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to obtain the Veteran's complete medical and personnel records for his first period of active service (April 1957 to April 1959) to properly address the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not attempting to obtain the complete STRs from the first period of active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25085541
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