The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination. The issues of service connection for lung disability (including pulmonary interstitial fibrosis) and ulcer disease are before the Board.
The deciding factor: The case requires further development to obtain pertinent medical records and schedule an appropriate VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- lung disability, other than bronchial asthma, pulmonary interstitial fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2015
- Citation
- 1541447
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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 case due to a lack of medical records and the need for a VA medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected shell fragment wound right chest with retained foreign bodies in the right lung contributed to his death from pulmonary interstitial fibrosis and COPD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the issue of service connection for a respiratory disorder, including pulmonary interstitial fibrosis and COPD. Additional development is required due to the complexity of the medical issues involved.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete records and need for further medical opinions regarding the Veteran's respiratory disorder.
- Denied
The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, and thus the Veteran's claim for service connection for this condition is denied.
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