The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including scheduling VA examinations and obtaining medical opinions to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed respiratory disability and right upper extremity disability. The claims are currently pending.
The deciding factor: The case was previously before the Board in December 2010 when it was remanded for additional development. In a November 2012 decision, the Board denied the claim for service connection for a respiratory disability and remanded claims for service connection for right wrist and elbow disabilities. The Veteran appealed the denial of service connection for a respiratory disability to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court).
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory disability manifested by shortness of breath, right upper extremity disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2016
- Citation
- 1619024
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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: Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of June 10, 2014, for the award of service connection for a respiratory disability manifested by shortness of breath.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety and depression; obstructive sleep apnea; left upper extremity disability; and right upper extremity disability.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for left upper extremity, right upper extremity, and low back disabilities was dismissed due to failure to respond to requests for clarification regarding the preferred docket.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a right upper extremity disability to correct a duty to assist error, as the AOJ did not address all claims reasonably raised by the record and did not obtain an adequate medical opinion.
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