The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and evaluations, particularly regarding his COPD and diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The current evidence does not provide sufficient information on the severity of the Veteran's COPD or the relationship between his service-connected diabetes mellitus and his COPD. Additionally, there is insufficient recent evidence to determine the present severity of his diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Diabetes mellitus, type II
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1000076
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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
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