Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and entitlement to individual unemployability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding missing private medical records.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error related to missing private medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (also claimed as anxiety and depression), Sleep apnea, Degenerative joint disease elbow, bilateral (claimed as bilateral elbow condition), Degenerative joint disease hip, bilateral (claimed as hip condition), Bilateral feet condition, Lumbar strain (claimed as back/spine condition), Right ankle condition, Right knee condition, Radiculopathy upper extremities (claimed as neuropathy and radiculopathy of arms and hands), Lower extremities radiculopathy (claimed as neuropathy and radiculopathy of legs), Erectile dysfunction, Frostbite, hands, Frostbite, legs, Heart failure (NYHA Class III) (claimed as angina pectoris), Hypertensive cardiovascular disease (claimed as hypertension, heart stoke), Cervical strain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090052
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