The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining an opinion from a VA examiner regarding whether any diagnosed respiratory disability is caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected asbestosis.
The deciding factor: The examiner must provide opinions on whether any other respiratory disability is caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected asbestosis.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory disorder other than asbestosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1446209
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration, including a VA examination to address the Veteran's respiratory conditions and their relationship to his service-connected asbestosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining a VA medical opinion regarding the relationship between his service-connected asbestosis and any current respiratory disorder. The case will also be reviewed to determine if a TDIU should be granted.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for asbestosis is granted. The issue of service connection for a respiratory disorder other than asbestosis remains pending.
- 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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