The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the claims of service connection for various conditions, including degenerative bone disease, skin disorder, lung disorder, throat cancer, and peripheral vascular disease. The Veteran's claims are being remanded to allow for further examination and consideration.
The deciding factor: Further medical evidence is required to determine if any of the claimed conditions are related to service or secondary to a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative bone disease, Skin disorder, Lung disorder, Throat cancer, Peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2015
- Citation
- 1511326
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cause of death, finding that there is no competent evidence linking any principal or contributory cause of his death to his service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a right ankle disorder and a lung disorder, finding that the conditions are related to active-duty service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, effective July 24, 2024, was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show an increase in severity of PTSD during the year prior to this date.,Service connection for right ear hearing loss and left ear hearing loss were both denied as there is no evidence showing a compensable degree of hearing loss within the applicable presumptive period.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's lung disorder, diagnosed as emphysema and restrictive lung disease, is now service-connected. The TDIU claim is being remanded for further development.
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