The Board remands the claim for a bladder disability, to include bladder cancer, as it requires an adequate medical opinion that considers all relevant evidence and accurately addresses the Veteran's in-service medical history.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided were inadequate due to factual inaccuracies and failure to consider extensive in-service medical records, which may be significant to establishing service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder disability, to include bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25050959
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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal was denied for an earlier effective date prior to November 14, 2023, for the grant of a 70 percent rating for PTSD. The issues related to initial ratings and service connection were remanded.
- Granted
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- Denied
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