The Board remands the claims for further development to ensure that VA has met its duty to assist, specifically regarding obtaining non-VA medical records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to insufficient evidence and the need to obtain additional relevant non-VA medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- blood disability, residuals of arthroplasty of the left hip (to include blood disability), need for aid and attendance of another person or at the housebound rate
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25006140
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,902 · Granted: 11% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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