The Board has remanded the cases for additional development and examination to determine if service connection can be established for interstitial lung disease, colon condition (to include a hernia and IBS), and skin condition (melanoma).
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to establish whether any of these conditions are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Interstitial lung disease, Colon condition (to include a hernia and IBS), Skin condition (melanoma)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19155819
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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.
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)
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- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for coronary artery disease and remanded the claim for interstitial lung disease due to an inadequate VA examination.
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