The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a pulmonary disability has been dismissed.,The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to service connection for skin, abdominal aortic aneurysm, left lower extremity aneurysm, right lower extremity aneurysm, and left eye glaucoma.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a pulmonary disability during the January 2019 Board hearing.,The issues of skin, abdominal aortic aneurysm, left lower extremity aneurysm, right lower extremity aneurysm, and left eye glaucoma were remanded due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary disability, skin disability (including as due to exposure to herbicide agents or secondary to service-connected disability), abdominal aortic aneurysm, left lower extremity aneurysm, right lower extremity aneurysm, left eye glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19146550
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by the AOJ.
- Remanded (sent back)
The case is remanded to determine whether special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1114(s) and 38 CFR 3.350(i) was in effect from July 19, 2023, to May 31, 2024.
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