Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for left leg amputation and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on anatomical loss of one foot to correct pre-decision duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: The record reveals duty-to-assist errors that occurred prior to the January 2025 rating decision, necessitating a remand for correction.
- Claimed conditions
- left below the knee amputation with peripheral artery disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091667
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