The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for shortness of breath and fatigue due to undiagnosed illness or other qualifying chronic disability, as they are associated with his Persian Gulf War service. The RO is instructed to consider these claims in light of the revised statute and regulation implementing the changes made by Congress.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims have been reopened on new evidence, necessitating further development and consideration under the revised statutory and regulatory framework for claims associated with Persian Gulf War service.
- Claimed conditions
- shortness of breath, fatigue
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0410464
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, and shortness of breath as untimely. The claim for a back disability was remanded for further development.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and rating issues, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these matters.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for fatigue and prurigo nodularis, both on a secondary basis to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a chronic undiagnosed illness manifested by bilateral leg pain, bilateral hand tremors, sinus problems, shortness of breath and recurrent transient ear noise due to Gulf War service. Service connection was denied for CFS.
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