The Veteran's lung disability claim has been remanded due to new evidence. The TBI claim was granted as incurred in the line of duty.,Left ear hearing loss and migraine headaches claims are also being remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence supports reopening the lung disability claim, while other issues remain under review.
- Claimed conditions
- lung disability, head injury residuals, TBI
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19129562
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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