The Board has remanded the case due to issues with notification for a VA examination and requires further evaluation of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on procedural errors in notifying the Veteran about the scheduled VA examination, which must be corrected before addressing the merits of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a stroke, brain thrombosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2024
- Citation
- 24031989
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 24031989.
What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a left hip disability and residuals of a stroke, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine and right hip disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's residuals of a stroke as secondary to his heart condition, finding that there was no established service connection for the heart condition and noting insufficient evidence to link the stroke directly to military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted secondary service connection for the Veteran's residuals of a stroke, finding that it is related to his service-connected hypertension.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their appeal regarding the issue of service connection for residuals of a stroke as secondary to hypertension.
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