The Board has decided that the veteran's service connection claim for cough, fever and night sweats is not granted due to it being a known clinical illness rather than an undiagnosed illness. The case is remanded for further development including obtaining additional evidence and providing the veteran with a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found insufficient evidence to grant service connection based on the presumptive provisions of the Agent PACT Act or Camp Lejeune, as the disability was not due to an undiagnosed illness. The case is remanded for further development including obtaining additional evidence and providing the veteran with a VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- cough, fever, night sweats
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0327835
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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: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left basilar atelectasis, which is also claimed as a cough. The effective date of this grant is August 9, 2023.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal of the claims for service connection for anxiety and night sweats is dismissed. The claim for service connection for sleep apnea is remanded.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 10 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected cough and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for hyperacusis/periodic inner ear pain.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for respiratory conditions, bilateral upper extremity conditions, and carpal tunnel syndrome of the upper extremities but granted service connection for night sweats as they are proximately due to a service-connected condition.
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