The Board remands all service connection claims for further development, specifically to provide the veteran with adequate VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not fail to report for a VA examination as he provided good cause for his unavailability, and thus, pre-decisional duty to assist errors occurred requiring correction through remand.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral chronic dry eye disability, loss of vision, erectile dysfunction, bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, gastrointestinal disability, to include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), bilateral plantar fasciitis, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, left wrist disability, right wrist disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, back disability, to include a lumbosacral and/or thoracic spine disability, neck disability, to include a cervical spine disability, sciatica, left lower extremity, sciatica, right lower extremity, migraines, sleep apnea, sinusitis, scars of the head, scars of the legs, respiratory disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085186
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess his bilateral knee and hip disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines was reopened due to new evidence. Service connection is granted for painful scars, but the rating assigned remains at 10 percent. The claims for fibromyalgia and bilateral shoulder disability are denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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