The Board remands the appeal for further development, including obtaining additional medical evidence and a new opinion regarding the Veteran's overactive bladder.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that a theory of secondary service connection is reasonably raised by the record and that there were pre-decisional duty to assist errors requiring remand.
- Claimed conditions
- overactive bladder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25031157
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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