Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, for purposes of entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC), due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal, including obtaining a complete TERA memorandum and an adequate medical opinion addressing any relationship between the Veteran's death and service.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory failure, COVID-19, hypertensive vascular disease, hypertension, varicose veins
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087578
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