The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed cold weather injury residuals and an appropriate VA examination for his service-connected pleural plaques.
The deciding factor: The case requires further medical evaluation to address the Veteran's claims as there are gaps in the record and potential issues with service connection that need clarification.
- Claimed conditions
- pleural plaques, polyneuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2012
- Citation
- 1224897
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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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