The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an earlier effective date for service connection and basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance due to a lack of documentation regarding efforts made to contact the RO in Los Angeles, California, for records that might corroborate the Veteran's claim.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence was provided to substantiate the Veteran's claims, necessitating further development.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disc herniation, right shoulder labral and rotator cuff tears/bursitis, left shoulder labral and rotator cuff tears/bursitis, left shoulder scar, lumbosacral spine degenerative disk disease, mid/low back scar, peripheral neuropathy of the left sciatic nerve, peripheral neuropathy of the left external popliteal/anterior tibial/anterior crural nerves, peripheral neuropathy of the right sciatic nerve, left knee status post meniscal tear, left knee scar, right knee status post meniscal repair, right knee scar, right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25006624
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,757 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for all issues related to service connection and rating decisions from February 2017, May 2019, and November 2019 due to untimely Notice of Disagreement filings.
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