Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for facial trauma, a fractured nose, a neck disability, a right eye injury, and a traumatic brain injury to correct an error by the AOJ to satisfy its duty to assist under 38 U.S.C. § 5103A.
The deciding factor: The Board must remand the claims because it has not adjudicated the issue of whether the Veteran was on active duty at the time of his automobile accident, which is inextricably intertwined with the service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Facial trauma, to include claimed broken jaw and chin, Fractured nose, Neck disability, Right eye injury, Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25092138
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