The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a diaphragm disorder, finding no evidence linking the condition to his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The competent evidence of record fails to demonstrate that the Veteran suffers from a diaphragm disorder related to his active duty military service.
- Claimed conditions
- diaphragm disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0909050
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What this means for you
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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 compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a diaphragm disorder and lung condition are remanded due to the lack of availability of his full consent form related to the April 2021 left reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically failing to provide a VA examination in connection with the Veteran's claim for service connection of a left diaphragm disorder. The examiner is requested to determine if any current diaphragm disorders are related to the Veteran's military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a right lung condition (also claimed as a diaphragm disorder) that allegedly resulted from VA-provided medical care in 1990 and 1996. The Board has ordered additional development to determine the nature of any current right lung or diaphragm disorder, its relationship to procedures performed as a result of VA referral, and whether it is related to events not reasonably foreseeable.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1151 due to a right lung condition (also claimed as diaphragm disorder) is being remanded for further development, including obtaining private medical records from Queens Hospital.
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