The Board remanded entitlement to service connection for ulcerative colitis, prostate disability, and kidney disability, as well as entitlement to a compensable disability rating for seborrheic dermatitis. The remand was ordered to correct multiple predecisional duty to assist errors including failure to provide the examiner's curriculum vitae, failure to obtain adequate medical opinions addressing the Veteran's theories of etiology, and failure to obtain forms the Veteran alleged he could not complete during the examination.
The deciding factor: The parties agreed the Board erred by not remanding to correct predecisional duty to assist errors regarding the examiner's qualifications information, medical opinions addressing the Veteran's specific theories of causation, and paperwork the Veteran claimed he was unable to complete during the July 2019 examination.
- Claimed conditions
- ulcerative colitis, prostate disability, kidney disability, seborrheic dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25085726
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 granted a 30 percent rating for ulcerative colitis, finding that the Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate moderately severe ulcerative colitis with frequent exacerbations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of ulcerative colitis to address whether it is secondary to a service-connected disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including abnormal weight loss, a bladder disability, blockage of the neck arteries, and others. The evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an eye disability and a kidney disability, as the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.
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