The Board remands the service connection claims for a brain lesion, cervical spine disability, respiratory issues, residuals of prostate cancer, and GERD due to the need for additional development, including obtaining outstanding service records, verifying potential herbicide exposure, and providing VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Remand is required for additional development, such as obtaining outstanding service records and private treatment records, and providing VA examinations to address the Veteran's claims of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Brain lesion diagnosed as a colloid cyst of the third ventricle, Cervical spine disability, claimed as neck pain, Respiratory issues, Residuals of prostate cancer, to include urinary incontinence, GERD, claimed as GI issues, secondary to prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25047000
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a head injury, headache disorder, erectile dysfunction, left earache disorder, chronic fatigue, right shoulder disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, right foot disorder, GERD, and left shoulder disorder, as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for low back disability, cervical spine disability, and right leg nerve disability as the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal of all claims currently pending before the Board, including those for an earlier effective date for hypothyroidism and higher ratings for various conditions.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for right ear hearing loss and a compensable evaluation for left ear hearing loss were dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeals at a December 2024 Board hearing. The remaining claims are being remanded for further development.
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