The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a pulmonary examination and additional records, including VA treatment records from Atlanta. The examiner is asked to determine if the Veteran's lung disorders are related to service exposure at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because further medical evaluation is needed to assess the relationship between the Veteran's current lung disorders and his in-service exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- lung disorder, restrictive lung disease, benign bronchus, atelectasis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19106131
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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.
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