The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and re-adjudicating the service connection claims. The claim will be returned to the Board after this process.
The deciding factor: The case was REMANDED by the Board due to the need for additional development of the record.
- Claimed conditions
- kyphosis, pulmonary disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2015
- Citation
- 1520426
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss but has remanded the issue of service connection for a pulmonary disorder due to lack of sufficient medical opinion.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for kyphosis and degenerative disc disease, as well as cervical strain with IVDS. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions had their onset in or were caused by service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a pulmonary disorder, lumbar spine disorder, and right knee disorder as the evidence did not support the presence of current disabilities related to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher initial rating for kyphosis, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 20 percent.
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