The Board has remanded the case for a VA medical examination to determine if the veteran has an allergy disability and whether it is related to service.
The deciding factor: The examiner will review the service records and current treatment records to determine if there is any current allergy disability and its relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- allergy disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0605773
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection for any of the claimed conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for asbestosis beginning December 12, 2023, and denied service connection for an allergy disability claimed secondary to the service-connected asbestosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate reasons or bases in denying service connection for an allergy disability, and a new medical opinion is required.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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