The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for aortic thrombosis, chronic left shoulder condition, lung condition affecting the right upper lobe, abdominal aorta condition, and chronic proximal left vertebral artery occlusion to ensure compliance with procedural requirements.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to procedural errors in the initial decision, including internal inconsistencies in the rating decision, failure to consider evidence submitted within the one-year period, and failure to address secondary service connection for aortic thrombosis and left vertebral artery occlusion as reasonably raised by the record.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic thrombosis, chronic left shoulder condition, lung condition affecting the right upper lobe, abdominal aorta condition, chronic proximal left vertebral artery occlusion
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102524
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Decisions by this judge: 1,874 · Granted: 33% (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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a chronic left shoulder condition as there is no evidence of a current disability and no evidence linking the claimed disability to active service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding that new and relevant evidence did not support readjudication of the issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional medical examination and records review.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
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