The Board has determined that the veteran's death is related to his service-connected hypertensive vascular disease and its complications, which are subject to presumptive service connection for former POWs. The claim will be remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The revisions to 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(c) allow for the presumption of service connection for certain diseases affecting vital organs in former POWs, including hypertensive vascular disease and its complications.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchopneumonia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2008
- Citation
- 0821191
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for bronchopneumonia and frost bite on hands and feet are remanded due to the lack of VA treatment records and a need for a VA examination.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for bronchopneumonia with chronic bronchitis has been withdrawn, resulting in the dismissal of this issue.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected bronchopneumonia with chronic bronchitis is being remanded for further evaluation due to the need for a VA examination.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for cause of death, finding that there was no evidence linking the Veteran's service-connected disabilities to his death.
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