The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been presented to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a left lung condition. The decision is mixed as it involves reopening the claim, but does not definitively decide whether service connection should be granted.
The deciding factor: No clear decision on service connection was made due to the reopening determination.
- Claimed conditions
- left lung condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0407359
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,421 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral lung conditions should be remanded due to the need for additional development and consideration of new evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for his respiratory condition, finding insufficient evidence to establish a relationship between his current condition and his period of service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a left lung condition and memory loss, both related to the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a left lung condition, including COPD, as there is insufficient evidence to establish a link between the Veteran's current condition and his exposure to herbicide agents during service. The pulmonologist found that the Veteran's left lung abnormality was likely benign and post-infections, unrelated to herbicide exposure.
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