The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions to correct duty-to-assist errors and obtain additional evidence.
The deciding factor: A remand is required due to outstanding records, lack of adequate medical opinions, and the need to provide VA examinations to address the Veteran's theories regarding her symptoms and their potential relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury, headaches, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, scalp damage, forehead burns, shortness of breath, rhinitis, sinusitis, teeth pain, sleep apnea, neck condition, right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, right elbow condition, left elbow condition, right wrist condition, left wrist condition, right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome, gynecological condition (uterine fibroids, hysterectomy and yeast infection), right hip condition, left hip condition, right knee condition, left knee condition, right ankle condition, left ankle condition, right foot bunion, left foot bunion, left foot sprain, high blood pressure, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), adjustment disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25050524
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,456 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and a ruptured right ear drum was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
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