The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate VA opinions and a need for further examination. The Veteran's right leg venous insufficiency and DVT are being evaluated as potential additional disabilities resulting from VA treatment.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for new medical opinions to address the adequacy of previous evaluations and determine if VA's failure to timely diagnose and treat the DVT caused the Veteran's additional disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg venous insufficiency, right lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2026
- Citation
- A26001381
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to errors in duty to assist and insufficient examination, as well as new evidence from the PACT Act. The Veteran's current DVT may be related to a motor vehicle accident during service, and there is no direct evidence of its cause. A VA examination will be conducted to address these issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, and requests additional opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right leg venous insufficiency and varicose veins.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is being remanded due to duty to assist errors regarding private treatment records from New Orleans and the Houston VA medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of adequate medical opinion and outstanding private treatment records. The Veteran's DVT residuals, post-phlebitic syndrome, and venous stasis are at issue.
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