The Veteran's claims for service connection for pulmonary fibrosis, neuropathy left lower extremity, and neuropathy right lower extremity are remanded due to the need for VA examinations to determine their etiology.
The deciding factor: VA will provide a medical examination or obtain a medical opinion if there is an indication that the Veteran’s current disabilities may be related to his active duty service, including presumed herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary fibrosis, neuropathy left lower extremity, neuropathy right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19182400
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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for pulmonary fibrosis, finding it to be related to the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of a lung disability, claimed as pulmonary fibrosis, for further development and evidence review.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a conclusion that his service-connected conditions prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for 12 respiratory conditions due to a need for additional medical evidence and examinations.
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