The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records and VA treatment records. A medical opinion is also needed to determine if lobar pneumonia is related to service, including Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's death certificate lists lobar pneumonia as the cause of death. The claim will be remanded to obtain relevant records and provide a medical opinion on whether lobar pneumonia is related to service, including Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- lobar pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2016
- Citation
- 1632754
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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 service connection for the cause of death, finding that hypertension was not a significant contributor to the Veteran's heart disease and did not substantially contribute to his cause of death. The cause of death listed on the death certificate was lobar pneumonia, chronic respiratory failure, and severe COPD.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the Veteran's cause of death and potential service connection.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a medical opinion to determine whether the Veteran's fatal lobar pneumonia, chronic respiratory failure, and/or severe COPD had its onset in, or is otherwise related to his military service. The opinion should address potential environmental exposures during service and their relation to hypertension.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the cause of the Veteran's death, specifically whether his fatal conditions are related to service.
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