The Board remands the claims for payment or reimbursement of beneficiary travel, non-VA care, special mode by ambulance on various dates due to a lack of adequate notice and development of underlying records.
The deciding factor: The decision lacks compliance with 38 U.S.C. § 5104 notice requirements and there are missing records that need to be developed before the claims can be properly adjudicated.
- Claimed conditions
- xerosis cutis, abnormal blood glucose, pelvis and perineal pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103331
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 907 · 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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- Dismissed
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