The Veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for moderate restrictive lung disease is being remanded due to the need for clarification on the most representative test result reflecting his disability level.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's conclusion regarding which PFT result best reflects the Veteran's disability level was not provided with sufficient rationale and requires further examination.
- Claimed conditions
- moderate restrictive lung disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2011
- Citation
- 1136148
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for moderate restrictive lung disease and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), finding that these conditions are causally related to the Veteran's military service in Vietnam, including exposure to herbicide agents.
- Granted
The Board has determined that diabetes, presumed to be due to exposure to herbicide agents in service, contributed to the Veteran's death from pulmonary embolism. As such, the criteria for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death have been met.
- Denied
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal regarding his claim for an increased evaluation for incisional neuralgia, postoperative scar, thoracotomy, right middle lobectomy, with adhesions. The Veteran's moderate restrictive lung disease is currently rated at 30 percent and does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under applicable disability evaluation criteria.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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