The Board of Veterans' Appeals is remanding the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to an error by the agency of original jurisdiction in failing to provide notice of the right to a pre-decisional hearing.
The deciding factor: Remand was necessary to correct an error by the AOJ in satisfying a regulatory duty regarding the Appellant's right to a pre-decisional hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- cause of the Veteran's death
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085342
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 910 · Granted: 31% (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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- Remanded (sent back)
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