The Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic cough and seasonal allergic rhinitis is being remanded due to the need for further examination and development of medical records.
The deciding factor: Further examination is needed to determine if there are objective manifestations of an undiagnosed illness related to the Veteran's Gulf War service.
- Claimed conditions
- Seasonal allergic rhinitis, Chronic cough
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1011388
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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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