The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and relevant treatment records.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions were based on an incomplete record and did not adequately address the Veteran's specific case.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute cholecystitis, Septic shock, Acute hypoxic respiratory failure, Acute kidney injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25038208
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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