The Board remands the claims for service connection for cognitive decline and memory loss, as well as anxiety and depression, due to a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional development and an examination to determine if there is a link between the Veteran's claimed conditions and his military service, including exposure to radiation from the Chernobyl incident.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety and depression, cognitive decline and memory loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25041446
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,886 · Granted: 24% (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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertension, and anxiety and depression. The evidence did not meet the criteria for these conditions to be considered disabilities under VA regulations.
- Granted
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- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, anxiety and depression, bilateral knee pain, and lower back pain as they are already decided in another appeal stream.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for anxiety and depression, cervical spine disability, right upper extremity radiculopathy, left upper extremity radiculopathy, low back disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy. Service connection was denied for hypertension.
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