Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death, considering potential in-service toxic exposure.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion is needed to address the relationship between the Veteran's disabilities and any in-service exposure to toxins due to possible participation in a TERA.
- Claimed conditions
- pneumonia, stroke, liver cirrhosis, end-stage renal disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091851
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