The Board has determined that the February 2025 rating decision, which denied service connection for a left calf muscle injury, contains pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The Veteran's active or inactive duty for training dates need to be ascertained and additional evidence must be obtained before further action can be taken.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the February 2025 rating decision contained pre-decisional duty to assist errors, specifically regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for a left calf muscle injury. The dates of his active or inactive duty for training need to be determined and additional evidence must be obtained.
- Claimed conditions
- left calf muscle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2026
- Citation
- A26021419
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal of the denial of service connection for 'left calf muscle' in both August 2024 and February 2025 rating decisions is dismissed as it is considered duplicative of his already initiated appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left calf muscle, left knee disability, and ulcers due to the dishonorable character of the Veteran's discharge from July 23, 2007 to September 13, 2013.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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