The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and determining whether the veteran was exposed to asbestos during service.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to determine if the veteran was exposed to asbestos in service and to ascertain any post-service occupational or other asbestos exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2005
- Citation
- 0503525
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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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