The Board has determined that further development is needed to determine the Veteran's lung conditions and their relationship to his military service, including any asbestos exposure. The case will be remanded for additional examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: Further medical opinions are required to address the Veteran's current diagnoses and their relation to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Interstitial fibrosis, Restrictive and obstructive lung disease due to chest wall and upper respiratory condition, no intrinsic lung disease itself
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2015
- Citation
- 1535289
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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 a higher initial disability rating for the service-connected respiratory disability, finding that the Veteran's FVC was only 65% of predicted value, which does not meet the criteria for any compensable rating under the applicable VA Rating Schedule.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's interstitial fibrosis is etiologically related to his active-duty service, specifically due to his conceded exposure to Agent Orange. As such, the claim for service connection is granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's interstitial fibrosis was rated at 10 percent, and the Board found that the evidence did not warrant a higher rating.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected interstitial fibrosis is currently rated as noncompensable, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted based on the objective evidence of record.
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