The Board remands the claims for service connection for urinary incontinence and an increased rating for renal cell carcinoma due to outstanding medical records and inadequate VA examination opinions.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining additional private treatment records and a more thorough opinion on the etiology of urinary incontinence related to service-connected renal cell carcinoma.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary incontinence, Renal cell carcinoma with partial right kidney removal
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25057094
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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