The Board remands the claim for service connection for a vascular disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not obtaining potentially relevant records.
The deciding factor: A pre-decisional duty to assist error occurred as the AOJ did not obtain SSA records or make further attempts to help the Veteran obtain potentially relevant records of treatment from Geist Family Medicine, necessitating a remand for these actions.
- Claimed conditions
- vascular disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25024501
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a back disability, left knee disability, and vascular disorder due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service or service-connected disabilities.,Bilateral hearing loss was also denied as there is no current diagnosis meeting VA criteria for hearing loss.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration due to new evidence received since the October 2016 SOC.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to a service-connected psychiatric disorder. Service connection was denied for other conditions including right ankle, neck, balance, vascular, and restless leg syndromes.
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