The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound, including pleural cavity injury, left arm, and left back scars, is being remanded due to the need for additional development.
The deciding factor: VA needs to obtain updated pulmonary function test results in order to rate the disability under Diagnostic Code 6843.
- Claimed conditions
- pleural cavity injury, left arm, left back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1032163
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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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