The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient information regarding whether the Veteran's right lung nodules are related to his in-service herbicide exposure. The VA needs to provide an addendum opinion addressing this issue.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to address the nature and etiology of the Veteran's lung condition, including its relation to service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- right lung nodules
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22059083
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right lung nodules, finding that there is no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and his military service or presumed herbicide exposure. The nodules were found incidentally in 2015 during a VA registry examination.
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