The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the nearest VA facility was feasibly available on December 29, 2017. The Veteran's private hospitalization for asthmatic bronchitis is deemed necessary and reasonable under the circumstances.
The deciding factor: The decision will be reconsidered with additional evidence from VA and private sources to determine if a VA facility was feasibly available at the time of the private hospitalization.
- Claimed conditions
- asthmatic bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162405
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an increased disability rating for asthmatic bronchitis was withdrawn by the Veteran, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this matter.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinea pedis, left wrist disability, asthmatic bronchitis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as the evidence did not support a finding of a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.
- Partly granted
The Veteran is granted a 30 percent disability rating for his service-connected asthmatic bronchitis from August 24, 2014.
- Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of the 40 percent disability rating for lumbar spine degenerative disk disease with thoracic spine strain and the 10 percent disability rating for asthmatic bronchitis, but remanded claims for increased ratings in excess of 40 percent for lumbar spine degenerative disk disease, 10 percent for asthmatic bronchitis, 20 percent for cervical spine degenerative disc disease, and 20 percent for right lower extremity radiculopathy.
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