The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination to determine if any left lung disability is related to active service, including acknowledged herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: Direct service connection may still be established for nonspecific left lung disabilities attributed to herbicide agent exposure, even though it is not on the list of diseases associated with such exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- left lung disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20002890
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a left lung disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the VA examiner's opinion was based on inaccurate findings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for a VA examination to determine if the veteran has a current left lung disability related to service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right lower extremity sciatica associated with the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral spine strain, but remanded claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and sleep apnea.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his lung cancer was related to his service-connected melanoma.
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