The Board remands the case for additional development, including verification of in-service environmental exposures and obtaining a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's inclusion body myositis.
The deciding factor: Additional development is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and provide the Veteran all due consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- inclusion body myositis (IBM), neuromuscular disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25023237
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and arthritis, back condition, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, and right lower extremity. However, it granted service connection for muscle spasms (RLS) as secondary to a service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for inclusion body myositis, finding that the evidence supports a relationship between the condition and active-duty service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) based on the evidence showing that it is at least as likely as not related to in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for inclusion body myositis (IBM) based on the Veteran's in-service exposure to trichloroethylene (TCE).
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