The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, kidney disability, congestive heart failure, residuals of stroke, prostate disability, diabetes mellitus, liver cancer, and left knee disability, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The AOJ should further develop the Veteran's service records and obtain additional information regarding his reported exposure to radiation before adjudicating his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Kidney disability (including kidney calculus, CKD, and/or kidney cancer), Congestive heart failure, Residuals of stroke, Prostate disability (including prostatic hypertrophy and/or prostate cancer), Diabetes mellitus, Type II, Liver cancer, Left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25050835
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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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