The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine if he has chronic upper respiratory infections etiologically related to service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not provide sufficient evidence of current disability or a link between his in-service symptoms and the claimed condition.
- Claimed conditions
- upper respiratory infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1645317
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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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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