The Board has remanded the case due to an incomplete VA examination, and further development is needed to determine if any diagnosed lung disability, including granulomas of the lung, had onset in or is otherwise related to active service, specifically as due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
The deciding factor: The remand is required because the May 2019 VA examination was based on factually incorrect information and did not adequately address the etiology of any diagnosed lung disability, including granulomas of the lung.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary disability, granulomatous disease, granuloma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19196528
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals as untimely, and no service connection was granted or denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for prostatitis, HIV, CHF, GERD, herpes, a pulmonary disability, headaches, and type 2 diabetes mellitus as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability or a nexus to service or a service-connected disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is granted an effective date of September 21, 2021, for the award of service connection for granulomatous disease.
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