The Board has decided to remand the case due to lack of substantial compliance with prior remand directives and for obtaining missing inpatient records from Ireland Army Community Hospital at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Veteran's chronic lung disability is being remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The decision was not substantially complied with as requested by the Board in a previous remand directive due to incomplete record retrieval and an issue regarding the type of medical opinion provided.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lung disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20078720
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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
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