The Board remands the claims for a new VA examination due to an inadequate medical examination in the previous decision.
The deciding factor: The October 2020 VA examination was performed by a nurse practitioner student who was not qualified, making it inadequate for ratings purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity venous insufficiency, left lower extremity venous insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097482
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Decisions by this judge: 2,017 · Granted: 36% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for left ankle strain but has remanded the issue of service connection for left lower extremity venous insufficiency due to potential toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) during active military service. The Veteran's representative raised a theory that the disability may be caused by his service-connected pulmonary sarcoidosis.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for both left and right lower extremity venous insufficiency. The Veteran's symptoms were found to correspond to a 10 percent rating.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right lower extremity venous insufficiency and varicose veins, as well as left lower extremity venous insufficiency and varicose veins, based on the relationship to a pre-existing condition (left lower extremity post phlebitic syndrome).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the service connection claims for coronary artery disease, hypertension, and bilateral lower extremity venous insufficiency as secondary to the service-connected asbestosis. The VA medical opinion provided prior to the rating decision is inadequate.
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