The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for syncope, to include as secondary to an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic, due to a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The issue must be remanded because there is a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the August 2024 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- syncope
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25037294
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 a headache disorder and remanded the claims for syncope, tinea pedis, and nail dystrophy.
- Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection for multiple conditions, and the Board does not have jurisdiction to review the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis, right knee degenerative arthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The claim for syncope was also granted. However, the claim for hypertensive heart disease was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a disability other than atrial fibrillation that is manifested by dizziness and/or syncope to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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