The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and considering the newly submitted evidence. The claims for service connection for nicotine dependence, asthma and chronic bronchitis, and TDIU are inextricably intertwined.
The deciding factor: Additional development is required to consider new evidence and obtain relevant SSA records.
- Claimed conditions
- nicotine dependence, asthma and chronic bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0025417
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial rating more than 30 percent for asthma and chronic bronchitis, as the evidence did not support a higher rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability, other than unspecified anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder, as an adequate opinion is necessary to determine its etiology.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for hypertension, cardiovascular conditions, and left ear hearing loss have been granted. The remaining issues of service connection for headaches, back condition, prostate condition, bladder condition, kidney condition, hepatitis, and nicotine dependence are dismissed as the appeal is not about service connection at all.,The Veteran's claim for a back condition has been remanded due to incomplete development.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions, including nicotine dependence, asbestos exposure, and psychiatric disorders. The evidence does not support a finding that any of these conditions were incurred or aggravated during her military service.
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