The Board has determined that further development is necessary before the appeal can be decided, including providing VCAA notice and obtaining a VA examination to determine if the veteran's current respiratory disorders are related to service.
The deciding factor: Further development is required due to incomplete VCAA notification and need for an opinion on whether the veteran's current respiratory conditions are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, chronic sinusitis, allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2007
- Citation
- 0708883
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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.
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- Denied
The Veteran's respiratory disability, including asthma and COPD, is denied as service connection is not warranted due to the condition being solely attributed to smoking.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for asthma and a 10 percent rating based on multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities were dismissed. The claim of entitlement to a compensable rating for eczema was denied, while the claim of entitlement to allergic rhinitis was not addressed as it pertained to different issues.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome as there is no evidence of a current disability in the record.
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