The Board has determined that a new VA examination and additional development are needed to properly adjudicate the veteran's claim for service connection for recurrent pneumonia with a residual left lung scar.
The deciding factor: The January 2004 VA examination report did not fully address whether recurrent pneumonia was related to service, nor did it provide an opinion on the etiology of the current left lower lobe lung scarring. The Board finds that further development is necessary to obtain a more complete evaluation of these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent pneumonia, left lung scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0624612
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for recurrent pneumonia and remanded the claim for obstructive sleep apnea due to potential exposure to toxins.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has combined the issues into a single service connection claim for a respiratory disorder. The Veteran's service treatment and military personnel records are fire-related and largely unavailable, but he had duties that could have exposed him to asbestos. Further verification of his exposure is needed. A VA examination is required to determine if any current respiratory disorders are related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's recurrent pneumonia is not considered to be caused or aggravated by his service-connected TB. The Board has decided the claim for service connection for recurrent pneumonia as secondary to service-connected TB is denied. The TBI claim is remanded due to inadequate examination and missing private medical records.
- Denied
The veteran's claims for higher initial ratings for diabetes mellitus, erectile dysfunction, and bilateral hearing loss were denied. Service connection was not granted for rhinitis, tinea pedis, or recurrent pneumonia.
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