The veteran's claim for an increased rating for recurrent pleurisy, residuals of spontaneous pneumothorax is being remanded due to the need for additional medical evaluation and testing.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is required to properly evaluate the severity of the veteran's respiratory condition as per the revised criteria effective October 1996.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent pleurisy, residuals of spontaneous pneumothorax
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0110213
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient compliance with previous directives and needs further examination to determine the extent of impairment from service-connected residuals of spontaneous pneumothorax.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for residuals of spontaneous pneumothorax is remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and evaluation.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for recurrent pleurisy, to include scar on lung as a qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317 has been withdrawn.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's residuals of pneumothorax are rated at a combined rating of 30 percent, with the intercostal neuralgia component rated at 20 percent. The case is remanded to determine if an extraschedular rating is warranted for the period prior to January 4, 2008.
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