The Board remands the claim for service connection for a disability manifested by heat intolerance to schedule a VA examination to determine its etiology.
The deciding factor: An examination is needed to determine whether any disability manifested by heat intolerance is related to service due to the lack of sufficient information in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- heat intolerance
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25026593
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,645 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased rating, service connection, and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and medical opinions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete STRs and a duty to assist error. The issues include obesity, increased appetite, heat intolerance, arthritis, abdominal condition, nervous condition (including tremors and nervousness), hypertension, acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, depression, anxiety and insomnia), diabetes mellitus, heart condition (including tachycardia), and gynecological condition (including menstrual irregularities).
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's request to readjudicate his claim for service connection for heat-related illness, finding that new and relevant evidence supports a link between his current conditions of heat intolerance and migraine headaches and his in-service heat injuries. The Board also granted service connection for these residuals.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are remanded due to the need for additional examinations and medical opinions.
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