The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and examinations.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and ensure all relevant evidence is considered.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), to include memory loss, Left pulmonary embolism, Right pulmonary embolism, Left lower extremity circulatory disability, Right lower extremity circulatory disability, Undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25027041
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,185 · Granted: 28% (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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