Citation Nr: 18143075
Decision Date: 10/17/18	Archive Date: 10/17/18

DOCKET NO. 16-36 640
DATE:	October 17, 2018
REMANDED
The issue of entitlement to service connection for a right leg disability is remanded.
The issue of entitlement to service connection for a respiratory disability is remanded.
The issue of entitlement to service connection for a hematologic disability is remanded.
REASONS FOR REMAND
The Veteran served on active duty from January 1982 to January 1985.
1. The issues of entitlement to service connection for a right leg disability; service connection for a respiratory disability; and service connection for a hematologic disability is remanded.
The Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA) and its implementing regulations impose obligations on the VA to provide claimants with notice and assistance.  38 U.S.C. §§ 5102, 5103, 5103A, 5107 (2012); 38 C.F.R. §§ 3.102, 3.156(a), 3.159, 3.326(a) (2017).  A review of the claims file reveals the Veteran was not provided with VCAA compliant notice prior to the Regional Office’s initial adjudication of the claims in September 2015 nor subsequently provided with VCAA compliant notice followed by readjudication of the claims.  See Prickett v. Nicholson, 20 Vet. App. 370, 376 (2006).  Thus, a remand is necessary to provide him with VCAA compliant notice and to readjudicate the claims. 
The matters are REMANDED for the following action:
1. Provide the Veteran with VCAA complaint notice with respect to the service connection claims herein.
2. Once the above request has been completed, to the extent possible, readjudicate the appeal. 
 
L. M. BARNARD
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	G. Suh, Associate Counsel