The Board has remanded the case for further development due to new allegations that the Veteran's claimed disabilities may be related to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
The deciding factor: New allegations of service connection based on exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune have been raised and need to be considered by the RO.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral glaucoma, asthma with allergies, cardiac disability
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1752005
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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.
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation, warranting TDIU effective September 1, 2020.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left femoral acetabular impingement syndrome and remanded the issue of service connection for cardiac disability.
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