The Veteran's lung condition, including atelectasis and asbestos exposure residuals, is being remanded for additional development to obtain relevant medical records and provide the Veteran with a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence may be needed to substantiate the claim, particularly regarding the onset of the Veteran's lung disability during service or due to asbestos exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- atlectasis, residuals of asbestos exposure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2013
- Citation
- 1342495
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection on February 10, 2025 is dismissed as it was a duplicate of an existing appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's NOD was not timely filed with respect to the April 2014 rating decision denying service connection for atelectasis. The appeal is remanded due to a need for issuance of a statement of the case regarding whether new and material evidence has been received in order to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for atelectasis.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection due to lack of specificity in his appeal and because the benefits sought have already been granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for atelectasis, left shoulder impingement syndrome, and right shoulder condition due to incomplete examinations and lack of adequate rationale. The Veteran is a Persian Gulf War Veteran with presumptive exposure to burn pits.
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