The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a Travel Board hearing. The issue of entitlement to an effective date earlier than January 17, 2008, for the award of service connection for chronic asthmatic bronchitis remains pending.
The deciding factor: The appellant needs to be scheduled for a Travel Board hearing as requested in their April 2011 substantive appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic asthmatic bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2017
- Citation
- 1715072
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for various conditions have been withdrawn and are dismissed.,Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for chronic asthmatic bronchitis has not been met.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been denied, and the effective date for the current ratings remains April 26, 2016.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for chronic asthmatic bronchitis, finding that there were no prior claims filed before January 17, 2008.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic asthmatic bronchitis and sleep apnea are remanded due to the need for additional examinations and etiology opinions.
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