The Board remands the issues of service connection for residuals, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, left calf, and moderate traumatic brain injury with residual headaches due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence was provided to determine if the conditions are related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, left calf, moderate traumatic brain injury with residual headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25042563
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 29, 2021, for the grant of service connection for a pulmonary embolism disability and an initial disability rating of 60 percent.
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