Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, migraine headaches, a low back disability, and sinus disability and allergies to obtain SSA records pertinent to the Veteran's claim for Social Security disability benefits.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in obtaining relevant SSA records and addressing the Veteran's claims under the McLendon standard without sufficient evidence of an in-service event, injury, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, migraine headaches, low back disability, sinus disability and allergies
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086848
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