The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new and material evidence not having been received. The Veteran's original claim for residuals of a right spontaneous pneumothorax was denied in December 1990, and no new or material evidence has since been submitted.
The deciding factor: No new or material evidence has been received to reopen the previously denied service connection claim for residuals of a right spontaneous pneumothorax.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right spontaneous pneumothorax, left knee disability, bilateral hearing loss disability, heart disability, genitourinary disability (left varicocele)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19145906
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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
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