The Veteran's claims for service connection for a respiratory disability and neck disability have been remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.,Service connection will be considered based on the merits of these conditions.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since previous decisions raises doubt about the current status of the Veteran’s disabilities, necessitating further evaluation by VA physicians.
- Claimed conditions
- Respiratory disability, to include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, Neck disability, to include moderate degenerative disc disease and uncovertebral joint osteoarthritis at C6-C7
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19143811
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a neck disability, while remanding claims for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, prostate cancer, and benign prostate hypertrophy.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a low back disability and a neck disability, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety but denied service connection for sinus condition and neck disability. The issue of entitlement to service connection for undifferentiated connective tissue disease was remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI), chronic disability manifested by dizziness, and other claimed disabilities as there was no evidence of current diagnoses or nexus to service.
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