The Board has remanded the case for additional development of medical evidence regarding the Veteran's lung condition and potential asbestos exposure during service.
The deciding factor: Further development is required to determine if the Veteran incurred asbestosis due to his active service from 1959 to 1963.
- Claimed conditions
- lung condition due to asbestos exposure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1003189
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a lung condition due to asbestos exposure and remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, traumatic brain injury, lung condition due to asbestos exposure, and non-prostrating posttraumatic headaches. The reasons given were that there was no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's lung condition due to asbestos exposure, bilateral hearing loss condition, lumbar laminectomy and discectomy, sleep apnea, and irritable bowel syndrome are not service-connected. The cases have been remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to failure to obtain VA examinations and opinions as part of a prior remand. The issues include hearing loss, tinnitus, lung condition due to asbestos exposure, TBI, and non-prostrating posttraumatic headaches.
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