The Board remands the claims for service connection for liver tumor and kidney tumor due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to provide the Veteran with proper notice of the right to a hearing prior to issuance of the AOJ's initial decision, correcting an error identified in the Joint Motion for Remand.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver tumor, Kidney tumor
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085450
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Decisions by this judge: 1,044 · Granted: 21% (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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