The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including eye disability, supraventricular arrhythmias, diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, back pain, and knee pain, to correct duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to a predecisional duty-to-assist error related to obtaining private treatment records and providing VA examinations prior to the July 2024 rating decision on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- eye disability (including bilateral cataracts and retinal detachment), supraventricular arrhythmias, diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, back pain, right knee pain, left knee pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25035533
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for scarring, right orchiopexy and remanded the claim of asbestos exposure residuals. Other claims for service connection were denied.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 21, 2021, for the grant of service connection for hypertension.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's lumbar spine pain, allergic rhinitis, and recurrent yeast infections. The claims for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder and left knee pain were remanded.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and bilateral vision condition was dismissed. Service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease was denied.
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