The Board remands the claims for further development and to obtain additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The AOJ must request a copy of the Veteran's autopsy report, as well as addendum medical opinions addressing the issues on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- anoxic encephalopathy, acute blood loss anemia, diverticulosis with bleeding
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25028005
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,500 · Granted: 29% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected headaches and related use of NSAIDs caused gastrointestinal disabilities, including gastritis, GERD, duodenal ulcer, colon polyps, and acute blood loss anemia. The claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is mooted as the gastrointestinal disabilities are now secondary to service-connected headaches.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death as there was no evidence linking any of the listed conditions to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and verifying the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange. The cause of death is being considered based on presumed Agent Orange exposure.
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