The Board has remanded the claims for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation grant due to inextricably intertwined service connection issues. The AOJ is instructed to combine these appeals with the earlier pending service connection appeal.
The deciding factor: The current claims on appeal are inextricably intertwined with other pending service connection issues, which have not yet been resolved by the AOJ.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg conditions, respiratory disorders
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20031356
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's respiratory disabilities, including COPD and emphysema. The AOJ is instructed to obtain new VA medical opinions that consider all relevant exposure events during service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for erectile disorder, headaches, and service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), chest pain, bilateral leg conditions, and somatic symptom disorder.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted the appeal with respect to the timeliness of a September 2018 notice of disagreement (NOD) in response to an April 27, 2018, rating decision.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's TDIU and SMC based on housebound status are granted due to his service-connected disabilities, including diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, PTSD, and other conditions.
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