The Board remands the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for PMR to obtain additional private medical records and a new medical opinion.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to the failure of the agency of original jurisdiction to obtain relevant private treatment records and provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases regarding the pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25027290
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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