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
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), inclusion body myositis (IBM), neuromuscular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25023237
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,612 · Granted: 16% (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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