The Board has remanded the case for further development regarding the Veteran's Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) and Respiratory Disorder, as well as his entitlement to a Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU). The decision also includes a request for a VA medical opinion on whether CVID is in remission.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected conditions have not been adequately addressed and requested further development, including a medical opinion regarding the period of remission for CVID.
- Claimed conditions
- Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), Respiratory Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20061139
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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: Denied
The Board denied initial ratings in excess of the assigned percentages for OSA, hypertension, allergic rhinitis, and irritable colon syndrome. Service connection was also denied for chronic fatigue syndrome and a respiratory disorder.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an evaluation higher than 50 percent for PTSD and remanded the claim for service connection for a respiratory disorder.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) was granted. The claims for respiratory disorder and an earlier effective date for allergic rhinitis were remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's CVID is currently rated at 10 percent, and the Board denied a higher rating as there were no incapacitating episodes or non-incapacitating sinusitis episodes during the appeal period.
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