The Board has remanded the case to the RO for a VA examination and pulmonary function test to determine whether the Veteran's symptoms warrant a compensable rating under Diagnostic Codes 6516 or 6520.
The deciding factor: The last VA examination did not include pulmonary function tests, which are pertinent to the application of the rating criteria of Diagnostic Code 6520.
- Claimed conditions
- tonsillitis, pharyngitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1048003
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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 tinnitus but denied service connection for the remaining conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including right and left hip, right and left knee, left shoulder, callus of the left big toe, and pharyngitis, as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active military service.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD and for a compensable rating for pharyngitis was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement.
- Dismissed
All appeals for higher initial ratings and service connection were dismissed as they were duplicative of previously addressed appeals or due to untimely filings.
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