The Board remands the claim for service connection for orthostatic hypotension, to include as secondary to service-connected esophageal carcinoma, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The AOJ's failure to schedule the VA examination and medical opinion prior to denying the Veteran's claim constituted a pre-decisional duty to assist error for which remand is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- orthostatic hypotension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25034117
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for orthostatic hypotension as there were no current symptoms of the condition on examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic renal disease, diabetic retinopathy, kidney transplant, and orthostatic hypotension to schedule VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for obstructive sleep apnea, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, and orthostatic hypotension to obtain new VA medical opinions addressing their relationship to service-connected PTSD.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for orthostatic hypotension, finding a causal relationship to the Veteran's military service.
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