The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and special monthly compensation due to outstanding treatment records and an inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by obtaining outstanding treatment records and an adequate VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, sciatic, right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, sciatic, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, femoral, right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, femoral
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093635
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 835 · Granted: 22% (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
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