The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and Social Security Administration disability file.
The deciding factor: Further evidence is needed to support or deny the claim of increased evaluation for pulmonary sarcoidosis.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary sarcoidosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0924498
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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 case is remanded to obtain a more thorough medical opinion regarding the Veteran's death and whether his service, including exposure to herbicides in Thailand, caused or triggered pulmonary sarcoidosis.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing and remanded the issue of an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected pulmonary sarcoidosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a compensable evaluation for hemorrhoids and an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for pulmonary sarcoidosis to correct duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for pulmonary sarcoidosis and a TDIU, as the evidence did not support a higher disability rating or show that his service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
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