The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for additional development due to lack of substantial compliance with its previous remand orders.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a new medical opinion considering the Veteran's testimony regarding his symptoms in service and since then.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory condition (shortness of breath)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22038525
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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: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the claims for service connection due to a lack of current disabilities and insufficient evidence linking the claimed conditions to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions regarding his claimed conditions.,Service connection is presumed based on exposure to burn pits.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left knee osteoarthritis, right knee arthritis, respiratory condition (shortness of breath), bilateral hearing loss, and recurrent tinnitus.,Service connection is also granted for the Veteran's right knee disability as secondary to his left knee disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for gout, chronic pain, left shoulder impingement syndrome and acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, low back disability, neck disability, respiratory condition (shortness of breath), and chronic kidney disease. The evidence did not show a relationship between these conditions and service.,The Board found that the Veteran's gout had no onset in service or was not related to service. For other conditions, there was insufficient evidence to establish their onset during service or relate them to service.
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