The claim for service connection for a lung disability, including reactive airway disease, is remanded due to the submission of new and material evidence. The Veteran's active duty service may be associated with his current respiratory diagnosis.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been submitted that suggests a possible association between the Veteran's active duty service and his current lung disability.
- Claimed conditions
- reactive airway disease, lung disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19185221
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied ratings in excess of 30 percent for bilateral foot disability, a rating in excess of 30 percent for left knee disability, and a rating in excess of 10 percent for lung disability. However, it granted an effective date of December 17, 2012, but no earlier, for the award service connection for limitation of extension of the left knee and left knee scar, and granted TDIU from January 17, 2013 to November 5, 2018.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 60 percent for the service-connected reactive airway disease, but no higher. The appeal regarding entitlement to an earlier effective date was dismissed.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for the service-connected scar, status-post appendectomy, but denied all other claims for increased ratings and service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for reactive airway disease as the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under the applicable diagnostic code.
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