The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine if the appellant's lung disability is related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will need to provide an opinion on whether the appellant's lung disability is of service onset or otherwise related to his periods of active duty training (ACDUTRA) and inactive duty for training (INACDUTRA).
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a lung injury, obstructive lung disease with bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2016
- Citation
- 1636785
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a supplemental opinion from the examiner who conducted the March 2014 VA examination and provided the June 2014 addendum. The appellant's claim will be reviewed again to determine if his residuals of a lung injury are related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining records of any period of INACDUTRA in August 1977 and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the appellant's obstructive lung disease with bronchitis.
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