The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error regarding the Veteran's bilateral lung disability. The AOJ needs to obtain an addendum opinion from an appropriate clinician to determine if the Veteran’s condition is related to in-service exposure.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the September 2018 rating decision on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lung disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2019
- Citation
- A19000190
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,104 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation A19000190.
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 remanded most of the Veteran's claims due to a duty-to-assist error, and will need to obtain additional medical records before readjudicating these cases.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral lung disability, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability and attributing any condition to his long history of smoking.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and a need for VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a bilateral lung disability, hypertension, and migraine headaches due to insufficient evidence regarding their relationship to in-service toxic exposures.
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