Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, traumatic brain injury, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and headaches due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not obtaining relevant treatment records from the Florida Department of Corrections.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain the Veteran's complete treatment records from the Florida Department of Corrections and to schedule an examination for the nature and etiology of his claimed conditions, despite his incarceration.
- Claimed conditions
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Bilateral Hearing Loss (BHL), Tinnitus, Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089963
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