The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to inadequate opinions in the February 2017 VA examination report, particularly regarding causation and aggravation of the claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional medical opinions addressing causation and aggravation of the Veteran's respiratory disability related to his service-connected coronary artery disease and bypass surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- elevated left hemidiaphragm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19165846
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Decisions by this judge: 899 · Granted: 45% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for his service-connected elevated left hemidiaphragm and sinusitis have been dismissed as he has withdrawn them.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions regarding his left shoulder disability and elevated left hemidiaphragm.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for elevated left hemidiaphragm is granted with an effective date of September 2, 1982. The Board found that the disability had been present since at least 1970 and was related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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