The Veteran's appeal involves service connection for a disorder manifested by chronic coughing and difficulty breathing, including as due to herbicide exposure. The Board has also remanded the issue of reducing his hearing loss rating from 20% to 10%, effective April 1, 2009. The Veteran must be provided with an opportunity to respond to these issues.
The deciding factor: The appeal is about reopening a previously denied claim for service connection and involves new evidence that has been submitted by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic coughing, difficulty breathing
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1017508
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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 granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and hypertension, while denying service connection for asthma, COPD, chronic coughing, sinusitis, and a left shoulder scar. The decision also remanded several other issues for further consideration.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a disability manifested by difficulty breathing was dismissed as the issue has been fully granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, hammer toes, tailor's bunion, and inferior calcaneal exostosis as well as posterior calcaneal exostosis of the left foot and a compensable evaluation for difficulty breathing due to deficiencies in the record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of service connection for difficulty breathing due to an incomplete record and the need for a VA examination.
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