The appeal for a higher rating of cerebral infarction is remanded. The VA needs to clarify the specific nerves and muscle groups affected by the veteran's condition.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error that occurred prior to the April 2023 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- cerebral infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005365
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,890 · 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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic kidney disease and cerebral infarction (claimed as a stroke), finding that these conditions are proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of death, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, accrued benefits, and survivors pension.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for cerebral infarction and dizziness, and assigned a 50% rating for migraine headaches starting from May 30, 2019.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including diverticulosis, atrial fibrillation, cerebral infarction, COPD, benign prostatic hyperplasia, lumbar spine disability, left hip disability, and right hip disability, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.
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