The Board remands the claim for further development related to potential in-service radiation exposure as required by the PACT Act.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to ensure all possible exposures, including claimed radiation exposure, are considered according to VBA guidance.
- Claimed conditions
- brain aneurysm, hemorrhagic stroke
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25023946
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 699 · Granted: 12% (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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