The Board has remanded the claims for COPD, oropharyngeal cancer, and renal failure due to chemotherapy.,Service connection is being denied for COPD as it is not related to service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's COPD was diagnosed decades after service and linked primarily to tobacco use. The Board found no link between asbestos exposure during service and the development of COPD.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Oropharyngeal Cancer, Stage III Chronic Renal Failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19171300
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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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