The Board remands the case for corrective action due to a failure to notify the Veteran of his right to request a pre-decisional hearing before the Board.
The deciding factor: The AOJ's failure to provide notice of the right to a pre-decisional hearing constitutes a failure to satisfy a regulatory or statutory duty under 38 C.F.R. § 3.103(b)(1) and (d)(1).
- Claimed conditions
- right forearm scar
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106461
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 32% (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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