The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct identified pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate VA examinations and failure to provide new examinations despite good cause for not attending previous ones.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus type II (DM II), Eye disability (cataract senility and glaucoma), Chronic fatigue, Seizure disability, Chronic kidney disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25103117
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 241 · Granted: 35% (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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- Denied
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation based on the need of regular aid and attendance due to his psychiatric symptoms.
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