The Board remands the claims for further development and to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to missing service medical records, potential post-service treatment records, and SSA disability benefits records, as well as providing notice of the right to a pre-decisional hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety and a somatic symptom disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) to include residuals, hypertension, neck condition, right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, right elbow condition, left elbow condition, right wrist condition, left wrist condition, back condition, right ankle condition, left ankle condition, right knee condition, left knee condition, migraines, respiratory condition, erectile dysfunction, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, tinea pedis, bilateral pes planus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25045063
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.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 21, 2021, for the grant of service connection for hypertension.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and bilateral vision condition was dismissed. Service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease was denied.
- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a 70 percent initial disability rating for PTSD effective December 2, 2021, but the claim for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent was denied. The appeal also included claims for service connection and ratings for various conditions, some of which were granted while others were remanded.
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