The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial compensable disability rating for gastritis with duodenitis and service connection for a left thumb condition, lumbar spine condition, and breast cancer and female reproductive health conditions due to inadequate evidence and failure to ensure VA fulfilled its duty to assist in obtaining private treatment records.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary because the Board failed to adequately address the evidence of record and provide an adequate statement of reasons and bases addressing whether the Veteran would be more appropriately rated under an alternative diagnostic code, as well as due to inadequate medical opinions regarding service connection for various conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Breast Cancer and Female Reproductive Health Conditions (including chronic pelvic pain and uterine fibroids), Gastritis with Duodenitis, Left Thumb Condition, Lumbar Spine Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25014268
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,249 · Granted: 37% (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.
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