The veteran's claim for service connection for lung cancer, asbestosis, and emphysema due to exposure to asbestos while in the military is remanded. The RO should consider whether new evidence has reopened his claims and then decide on the merits of those reopened claims.
The deciding factor: The Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 requires additional development before a decision can be made, including consideration of whether new evidence has reopened the veteran's service connection claims for lung cancer, asbestosis, and emphysema.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer, asbestosis, emphysema
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0101650
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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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