The Veteran's petition to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for pulmonary nodules is granted. The Board finds that a new VA examination is necessary due to conflicting medical evidence.
The deciding factor: There is conflicting medical evidence regarding whether the Veteran has current pulmonary nodules, necessitating further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary nodules
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19149498
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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for supraventricular arrhythmia, chronic paronychia, psoriasis and rosacea (claimed as skin condition), pulmonary nodules, and valvular heart disease.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for pulmonary nodules and remanded the claims for hypertension, thyroid nodules, valvular heart disease, cataracts, prostate cancer, and erectile dysfunction due to missing records and inadequate opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a respiratory condition, to include emphysema, as it finds that new and relevant evidence was submitted after the August 2004 rating decision, necessitating further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion regarding the Veteran's emphysema, to include pulmonary nodules, and its relation to exposure from burn pits in Southwest Asia during service.
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