The Board remands the claims for service connection and TDIU due to unverified periods of active duty for training (ADT) and inactive duty for training (IDT), as well as a lack of complete service treatment records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to verify the Veteran's ADT/IDT service and obtain additional medical evidence regarding the etiology of his claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine fusion, cervical radiculopathy of the left upper extremity (LUE), cervical radiculopathy of the right upper extremity (RUE)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104259
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,062 · Granted: 34% (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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- Remanded (sent back)
The claims for service connection for headaches, cervical radiculopathy of the left upper extremity (LUE), right squamous cell carcinoma of the vocal cord, and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cervical spine fusion due to missing evidence and an improperly filed initial claim.
- Granted
The veteran's service connection claims for neck pain and upper extremity issues related to a parachuting accident were granted.
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