The appeal is remanded for further development of the evidence related to the Veteran's claimed exposure to coccidioides during Project SHAD.
The deciding factor: Further development is warranted due to potential outstanding evidence regarding the Veteran's exposure to coccidioides and its relation to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- coccidioidomycosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0910962
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 425 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA medical opinion to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's lung disability, considering both direct service connection and toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) theories.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for coccidioidomycosis and conjunctivitis as the evidence did not show that these conditions began during or were otherwise caused by active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for coccidioidomycosis and asthma, to include as secondary to coccidioidomycosis, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding verification of the Veteran's duty status in October 2009.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including hypertension, cervical spine condition, shoulder conditions, chronic fatigue syndrome, gastrointestinal issues, psychiatric disorder, and coccidioidomycosis.
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