The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to the Veteran's failure to report for scheduled VA examinations. The claims will be reconsidered after obtaining updated treatment records and a new examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to attend scheduled VA examinations, which resulted in the denial of his claims. The Board finds good cause and orders another examination to determine if any current respiratory or cold injury disorders are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory disorder (claimed as residuals of pneumonia), cold injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20013232
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity neuropathy and cold injury residuals, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are due to frostbite and cold injuries during his military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues to correct errors in assisting the veteran, including obtaining missing records.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's request to reopen claims for back pain and cold injury residuals of the extremities is granted. The issue of service connection for cold injury residuals of the extremities is remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for cold injury residuals of the right upper extremity is being remanded due to inadequate VA examination and duty to assist errors. The Board will obtain a new VA opinion to address the etiology of his claimed symptoms.
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