The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication due to a lack of evidence connecting the veteran's lung condition to his service or exposure to herbicides, including Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The VA needs additional medical opinions regarding whether the veteran's current lung condition is related to his in-service inhalation of exfoliant during his Vietnam service.
- Claimed conditions
- lung condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2002
- Citation
- 0213216
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lung condition, finding that the evidence does not support a nexus between the Veteran's lung condition and his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
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