The Board remands all service connection claims for further development, including obtaining a VA examination to determine the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: Several pre-decisional duty to assist errors were identified by the Board, necessitating remand for correction of these errors before adjudication can proceed.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot disability (cold feet), right foot disability (cold feet), muscle pain, right thumb sprain, sinusitis, to include deviated septum, inability to concentration
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009552
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,156 · Granted: 29% (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 denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for muscle pain, finding that his symptoms are already accounted for by his existing service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has withdrawn claims for service connection for joint pains and muscle pain. The remaining issues of service connection for right hand, left hand, left knee, seizures/tremors, immune disorder, and nerve damage are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error and further examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for Gulf War Syndrome is remanded due to a lack of examination and opinion regarding the relationship between his symptoms and service. The case will be reviewed again with an appropriate medical examination.
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