The Board has remanded the cases for additional development regarding service connection for breathing condition, skin blemishes, and numbness of the fingers and toes. The Veteran is asked to provide authorization forms for VA to obtain records from the hospital where he was treated in Germany and from private provider K.L.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to fully adjudicate the service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- breathing condition, skin blemishes, numbness of the fingers and toes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18100302
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's breathing condition is related to his active military service, but more evidence is needed for a definitive conclusion.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a breathing condition and sleep disorder, but remanded the claim for hypertension.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for service connection and increased rating was dismissed due to a late filing.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection and rating related to hypertension, a breathing condition, and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy.
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