The Board remands the issues of service connection for right leg DVT and ulceration, to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the September 2024 rating decision on appeal.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 medical opinion did not address aggravation or consider lay statements regarding persistent symptoms, making it inadequate.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg deep vein thrombosis (DVT), right leg ulceration
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094646
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,549 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic sinusitis is denied as there is no evidence of a current disability.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for right leg DVT is denied due to lack of in-service diagnosis or treatment and the absence of a causal relationship between the condition and service.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin condition (claimed as PFB) is remanded as there is insufficient medical evidence linking the current condition to service.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for visual impairment is remanded due to lack of consideration of his lay statements regarding exposure during service.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for dry eye syndrome is remanded due to lack of consideration of his lay statements regarding exposure during service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for low back pain and remanded the claims for a higher rating for right leg DVT and service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the reopening of a previously denied claim for service connection for right leg DVT, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted to support the claim.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's appeal was granted, with a rating of 50 percent for adjustment disorder and a TDIU rating. The effective date is not specified.
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