The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including joint pain, depression, CFS, headaches, immune system dysfunction, memory problems, yeast/fungal infection, and head congestion, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: VA has failed in its duty to assist by not providing a VA examination to determine the etiology of the Veteran's conditions and determining whether they are related to service or secondary to other service-connected conditions. Additionally, VA must determine if the Veteran participated in a toxic exposure risk activity under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy (claimed as joint pain), depression, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), chronic headaches, immune system dysfunction, memory problems, yeast/fungal infection, head congestion
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086834
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