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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic cough is remanded due to the need for a VA examination to determine if his current gastroesophageal disorder, which may be related to GERD, was present at any time proximate to his September 2020 claim and whether it is directly related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for his service-connected chronic cough and TDIU are remanded due to inadequate medical evidence in the record. A new VA examination is needed to assess the current severity of his condition, taking into account the ameliorative effects of any medications he uses.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is about whether he should be granted a separate compensable rating for his chronic cough disability, which is distinct from his service-connected respiratory disabilities. The Board finds that the VA did not properly address this issue and requires further examination to determine if the Veteran has a separate chronic cough disability.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, denied an initial compensable rating for service-connected erectile dysfunction, and readjudicated the claims of entitlement to service connection for left and right hand numbness based on new evidence. The remaining claims were remanded.
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