The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic leg pain to schedule a VA examination and obtain medical opinions, as there is an indication of association between the Veteran's reported in-service events and current disabilities.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to the need for a VA examination and medical opinion to determine the etiology of the claimed disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic leg pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2025
- Citation
- 25006512
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,645 · Granted: 19% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has determined that there is no evidence to support a finding that the Veteran's chronic leg pain began during service or was caused by any service-connected disability. The claim for service connection for chronic leg pain is therefore denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic leg pain to request relevant records from the Social Security Administration.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for multiple sclerosis. The Veteran's claims for varicose veins, lumbar radiculopathy, myelopathy, rhabdomyolysis, neuropathy with sciatica and paresthesias, chronic leg pain, transverse myelitis, and an acquired psychiatric disorder are remanded as secondary to his service-connected multiple sclerosis. The Veteran's claim for TDIU is also remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for chronic leg pain and migraine headaches due to insufficient analysis in previous decisions. The case is being returned for further review, including consideration of functional impairment and medical opinions.
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