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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25027290
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,287 · Granted: 23% (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).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), giant cell arteritis (GCA), bilateral pulmonary embolism, hypertension, and glucose intolerance due to insufficient medical opinions regarding service connection.
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