The Board has identified the need for additional development of records from the Boston VAMC and associated outpatient clinics, as well as an examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed cold injury residuals. The claims will be remanded pending receipt of these records and completion of the examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the content of certain medical records is unclear and necessary for proper adjudication of the claims, including those related to respiratory disability and peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- pretracheal lymph nodes, subcarinal lymph nodes, bilateral apical pleural thickening and apical scarring, peripheral neuropathy (left lower extremity), peripheral neuropathy (right lower extremity)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19152351
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Decisions by this judge: 2,249 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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