The Board has remanded the cases for additional development and to obtain supplemental VA medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The claims are being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and expert opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's lipoma and respiratory disabilities, including COPD.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disability (ischemic heart disease), lipoma, respiratory disability (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2022
- Citation
- 22010726
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for respiratory disability (COPD), left hand disability (carpal tunnel syndrome), and right hand disability (carpal tunnel syndrome) due to the Veteran's credible testimony of symptoms during service, medical records confirming diagnoses, and the absence of any evidence contradicting a direct relationship between his military service and these conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, GERD, respiratory disability (COPD), obstructive sleep apnea, and prostate disability. The Board found no current diagnosed disabilities and insufficient evidence of an in-service event, injury, or disease.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim of service connection for neck scar as secondary to lipoma because there is no evidence that the lipoma or its removal was related to service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for arrhythmia and a bilateral eye disability, but denied service connection for lipoma.
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