The Board remands the claims for annual clothing allowances for a back brace, bilateral knee braces, and shoe inserts for the 2021 calendar year due to missing evidence.
The deciding factor: The VHA file pertaining to the Veteran's clothing allowance claims is not available for review, making it difficult to fulfill the Board's statutory and regulatory requirement to base its decision on a review of the evidence of record at the time of the AOJ decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25041318
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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