The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for various recurrent disabilities to allow for further development and verification of the Veteran's periods of active duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty for training with the California Air National Guard.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on a pre-decisional error in verifying the Veteran's complete periods of active duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty for training with the California Air National Guard.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent esophageal disability to include GERD, Recurrent respiratory disability to include asthma, Recurrent sleep disability to include obstructive sleep apnea, Recurrent right great toe disability to include hallux valgus, Recurrent left great toe disability to include hallux valgus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25029545
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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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