The Board remands the claims for initial disability ratings in excess of 10 percent for various service-connected conditions due to missing records and a need for additional development.
The deciding factor: Additional development is necessary to obtain potentially missing probative evidence, including private medical records and VA records.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity radiculopathy (claimed as nerve damage), left lower extremity radiculopathy (claimed as nerve damage), left leg stress fracture, right leg stress fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25021927
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,548 · Granted: 31% (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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